Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Spontaneous Hepatic Rupture Associated with HELLP Syndrome

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-167

  Pavlis, Theodoros ^a   Aloizos, Stavros ^a   Aravosita, Paraskevi ^a   Mystakelli, Christina ^a   Petrochilou, Dimitra ^b   Dimopoulos, Nikitas ^b   Gourgiotis, Stavros ^b  

^a MITERA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b LAIKON HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Medical Knowledge; Patient Care; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER RUPTURE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 68949206417     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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