Impact of uterine closure on residual myometrial thickness after cesarean: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 507.e1-507.e6

  Roberge, Stéphanie ^a   Demers, Suzanne ^a   Girard, Mario ^a   Vikhareva, Olga ^b   Markey, Stéphanie ^a   Chaillet, Nils ^c   Moore, Lynne ^a   Paris, Gaétan ^a   Bujold, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cesarean; scar; uterine closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DOUBLE LAYER UTERINE CLOSURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL MYOMETRIAL THICKNESS; SCAR; SINGLE LAYER UTERINE CLOSURE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNLOCKED FIRST LAYER UTERINE CLOSURE; UTERINE CLOSURE; UTERINE SCAR; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS SURGERY; WOUND CLOSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; MYOMETRIUM; SURGERY; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84962054095     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.10.916     Document Type: Article

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