Amount of hemorrhage during vaginal delivery correlates with length from placental edge to external os in cases with low-lying placenta whose length between placental edge and internal os was 1-2 cm

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1041-1045

  Nakamura, Masamitsu ^a   Hasegawa, Junichi ^a   Matsuaka, Ryu ^a   Mimura, Takashi ^a   Ichizuka, Kiyotake ^a   Sekizawa, Akihiko ^a   Okai, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Emergency cesarean section; Hemorrhage; Low lying placenta; Transvaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; LABOR; PLACENTA; PLACENTA PREVIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS;

EID: 84864594368     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01776.x     Document Type: Article

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