TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Gunshot wound to the pregnant uterus: case report
JO  - Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetrícia
A1  - Zaragoza Salas, Tahitiana Abelina
A1  - Osnaya-Moreno, Humberto
A1  - Torres Castaneda, Maria De Lourdes
A1  - Mondragon Chimal, Marco Antonio
A1  - Escoto Gomez, Jorge Armando
A1  - Jimenez Flores, Mauro
SP  - 427
EP  - 431
VL  - 35
IS  - 9
N2  - Crime and violence have become a public health problem. Pregnant women have not been the exception and gunshot injuries occupy an important place as a cause of trauma. An important fact is that pregnant women, who suffer trauma, are special patients because pregnancy causes physiological and anatomical changes. Management of these patients should be multidisciplinary, by the general surgeon, the obstetrician and the neonatologist. However, even trauma referral centers could neither have the staff nor the ideal training for these specific cases. In this context we present the following case.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0100-7203
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -