Complications due to adhesion formation following cesarean sections: a review of deliveries in three cases

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 394.e13-394.e16

  Sbarra, Michael ^a   Boyd, Marc ^b   Dardarian, Thomas S ^c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Methodist Medical Center of Illinois   (United States)

^c CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion barriers; cystotomy; dense adhesions; Repeat cesarean sections

Indexed keywords

ADHESIOLYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CYSTOTOMY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; PELVIC ADHESION; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

EID: 67649280400     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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