Successful Laparoscopic Management of Spontaneous Hemoperitoneum at 15 Weeks of Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of Literature

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 792-794

  Pezzuto, Antonio ^a   Pomini, Paola ^b   Steinkasserer, Martin ^b   Nardelli, Giovanni Battista ^a   Minelli, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Second trimester; Spontaneous hemoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PREGNANCY; THERMOCOAGULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND;

EID: 71849112251     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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