Open AccessEmergency Peripartum Hysterectomy: A 14-Year Experience at a Tertiary Care Centre in India
Author(s) -
Sultana Tahmina,
Mary Daniel,
Preetha Gunasegaran
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26769.10613
Subject(s) - medicine , hysterectomy , caesarean section , obstetrics , blood transfusion , incidence (geometry) , hellp syndrome , pregnancy , surgery , eclampsia , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Emergency Peripartum Hysterectomy (EPH), although relatively infrequent in present day obstetrics, is a life-saving procedure in the event of a massive postpartum haemorrhage.