First case of spontaneous rupture of the left ureter in immediate post-partum

C Verhaeghe1, P Panayotopoulos2, Ph Descamps1

  • 1Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, CHU Angers, 49933 Angers Cedex, France.

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