Emergency endometrial ablation for life-threatening uterine bleeding as a result of a coagulopathy

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作者
Milad, MP [1 ]
Valle, RF [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Sch Med, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GYNECOLOGIC LAPAROSCOPISTS | 1998年 / 5卷 / 03期
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10.1016/S1074-3804(98)80037-6
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R71 [妇产科学];
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100211 ;
摘要
The clinician has few medical and surgical options for managing life-threatening uterine hemorrhage. Hormone therapy often fails to arrest the bleeding. Hysterectomy under these emergency circumstances is also not optimal. Emergency endometrial ablation was successful in stopping exsanguinating uterine hemorrhage in three women and may be an important alternative in management of this disorder.
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