Erosion of a B-Lynch suture through the uterine wall: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 849-852

  Grotegut, Chad A ^a,b   Larsen, Frederick W ^a   Jones, Michael R ^a   Livingston, Elizabeth ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

B Lynch suture brace; Obstetric surgical procedures; Postpartum hemorrhage; Pregnancy complications, cardiovascular

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYNCH UTERINE SUTURE BRACE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EROSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MYOMETRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 7244245858     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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