Uterine surgery in postpartum hemorrhage

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-213

  Hackethal, A ^a,c   Tcharchian, G ^b   Ionesi Pasacica, J ^a   Muenstedt, K ^a   Tinneberg, H R ^a   Oehmke, F ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PIUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Postpartum hemorrhage; Sutures

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SUBSTITUTE; ERGOMETRINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GELATIN SPONGE; GELFOAM; OXYTOCIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROSTAGLANDIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DEVASCULARIZATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEVER; GAUZE DRESSING; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOSTASIS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINE INJURY; ISCHEMIA; LABOR STAGE 3; LAPAROTOMY; MASSAGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NECROSIS; NERVE INJURY; PELVIS ABSCESS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SUTURE; TAMPON; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URETER INJURY; UTERINE ATONY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CURETTAGE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIGATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE INERTIA;

EID: 67849135792     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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