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Delayed postpartum hemorrhage due to cesarean scar dehiscence
Tsuyoshi Baba1, Miyuki Morishita, Masami Nagata
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kitami Red Cross Hospital, Kitami, Japan. tbaba@eos.ocn.ne.jp
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
|May 24, 2005
Abstract
Case Report:
A 28-year-old woman presented with massive postpartum hemorrhage. Laparotomy revealed a cesarean scar dehiscence due to wound infection.
Conclusion:
Although postpartum hemorrhage due to cesarean scar dehiscence is an unusual complication, practitioners should add dehiscence to their differential diagnoses.
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