Outcomes of subsequent pregnancies after uterine compression sutures for postpartum hemorrhage

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 565-570

  An, Gye Hyeong ^a   Ryu, Hyun Mee ^a   Kim, Moon Young ^a   Han, Jung Yeol ^a   Chung, Jin Hoon ^a   Kim, Min Hyoung ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROL GROUP; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUTURE; TISSUE ADHESION; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY; UTERUS SURGERY; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 84883232026     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31829e3b1d     Document Type: Article

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