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Anaesthetic challenges in emergency peripartum hysterectomy in West Africa: a Nigerian perspective

Published in: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Volume 16 , issue 5 , 2010 , pages: 8–11

DOI: 10.1080/22201173.2010.10872702

Author(s): UV Okafor Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria , HU Ezegwui Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria , O Okezie Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria

Keywords: anaesthesia , peripartum hysterectomy , West Africa , Nigeria

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Abstract

Background: To determine the foeto-maternal outcome and the anaesthetic challenges in emergency peripartum hysterectomy at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, Nigeria.

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