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Angiographic embolization of intractable puerperal hematomas
H G Chin et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1989 Feb.
Abstract
Puerperal hematomas may not respond to conventional therapy, including vaginal packing, drainage, and hypogastric artery ligation. Two cases are presented in which selective angiographic arterial embolization was used to manage this potentially lethal complication.
Comment in
- Angiographic embolization.
Heffner LJ. Heffner LJ. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1990 May;162(5):1345-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(90)90060-k. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1990. PMID: 2339740 No abstract available. - Absence of perineal pain does not rule out puerperal hematoma.
Harris BA Jr. Harris BA Jr. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1990 May;162(5):1357-8. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(90)90079-m. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1990. PMID: 2369468 No abstract available.
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