American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 2 , Pages 150.e1-150.e7 , February 2010

Peripartum hysterectomy and arterial embolization for major obstetric hemorrhage: a 2-year nationwide cohort study in the Netherlands

  • Joost J. Zwart, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Joost J. Zwart, MD, Department of Obstetrics, K6-P-35, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands
    • ,
  • Pieter D. Dijk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jos van Roosmalen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
    • Section of Health Care and Culture, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Received 8 April 2009 ,Revised 22 June 2009 ,Accepted 1 September 2009.

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 This study was supported by Grants from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research (ZonMw, 3610.0024) and the Matty Brand Foundation.

 Cite this article as: Zwart JJ, Dijk PD, van Roosmalen J. Peripartum hysterectomy and arterial embolization for major obstetric hemorrhage: a 2-year nationwide cohort study in the Netherlands. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:150.e1-7.

PII: S0002-9378(09)01004-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.09.003

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 2 , Pages 150.e1-150.e7 , February 2010

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