Pregnancy complicated by a uterine fundal defect resulting from a previous B-Lynch suture

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1815-1817

  Saman Kumara, Y V A L ^a   Marasinghe, J P ^a   Condous, G ^b   Marasinghe, U ^a  

^a Professorial Surgical Unit   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; ERGOMETRINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; OXYTOCIN; SULPROSTONE;

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; B LYNCH SUTURE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HEART; FETUS WEIGHT; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTRAPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SUTURING METHOD; UTERINE ATONY; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS FUNDUS DISEASE; VAGINA BLEEDING;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SUTURES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449370060     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02375.x     Document Type: Article

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