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Emergency Peripartum Hysterectomy, Physical And Mental Consequences: A 6-Year Study, Denisa Oana Balalau, Romina Marina Sima, Nicolae Bacalbașa, Liana Pleș, Anca Daniela Stănescu
Emergency Peripartum Hysterectomy, Physical And Mental Consequences: A 6-Year Study, Denisa Oana Balalau, Romina Marina Sima, Nicolae Bacalbașa, Liana Pleș, Anca Daniela Stănescu
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
Emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH) is performed for massive postpartum hemorrhage following a cesarean delivery or vaginal delivery, in order to save the patient’s life. The current study was performed on a sample of 13.162 patients, which underwent cesarean or vaginal delivery during a period of 6 years, from 2010 to 2015, in Bucur Maternity Hospital. There were two subsequential groups consisting in: 6593 patients with cesarean operations and 6569 patients with vaginal delivery. In 12 cases occurred one or more of the risk factors that lead to EPH, divided equally across the two groups above.
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