Menstrual and fertility outcomes following the surgical management of postpartum haemorrhage: A systematic review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 382-388

  Doumouchtsis, S K ^a   Nikolopoulos, K ^a   Talaulikar, V S ^a   Krishna, A ^a   Arulkumaran, S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; haemorrhage; outcome; postpartum; sparing; uterine

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; HAEMORRHAGE; OUTCOME; POSTPARTUM; SPARING; UTERINE;

FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; LIGATION; MENSTRUATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS;

EID: 84894274431     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12546     Document Type: Review

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