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Obstructed Labor and Caesarean Delivery: The Cost and Benefit of Surgical Intervention

BACKGROUND: Although advances in the reduction of maternal mortality have been made, up to 273,000 women will die this year from obstetric etiologies. Obstructed labor (OL), most commonly treated with Caesarean delivery, has been identified as a major contributor to global maternal morbidity and mor...

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Autores principales: Alkire, Blake C., Vincent, Jeffrey R., Burns, Christy Turlington, Metzler, Ian S., Farmer, Paul E., Meara, John G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034595