Fertility after "only B-Lynch" suture: A case report and literature review

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-112

  Gerli, Sandro ^a   Favilli, Alessandro ^a   Giordano, Claudia ^a   Pericoli, Silvia ^a   Laurenti, Elena ^a   Di Renzo, Gian Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

B Lynch suture; Fertility; Postpartum hemorrhage; Pregnancy; Uterine atony

Indexed keywords

METHYLERGOMETRINE; OXYTOCIN; SULPROSTONE;

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; B LYNCH SUTURE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROSOMIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; POLYGLACTIN SUTURE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SUTURING METHOD; UTERINE ATONY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84878018977     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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