Should the visceral peritoneum at the bladder flap closed at cesarean sections? A post-partum sonographic and clinical assessment

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 662-669

  Malvasi, Antonio ^a   Tinelli, Andrea ^b   Guido, Marcello ^c   Zizza, Antonella ^d   Farine, Dan ^e   Stark, Michael ^f  

^a Santa Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^b VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f New European Surgical Academy NESA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder flap; Cesarean section; Dystocia; Hematoma; Ultrasonography; Vesico uterine space

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; BLADDER FLAP; BLADDER SURGERY; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABOR INDUCTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERA; BLADDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REHABILITATION; SURGERY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURING METHOD; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; URINARY BLADDER; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953630485     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903358363     Document Type: Article

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