Introduction
There is paucity of literature on retroperitoneal haemorrhage/haematomas (RH) as these cases are extremely rare in obstetrics. Experience is available mostly from case reports and therefore the incidence of RH in obstetrics is unknown.

Retroperitoneal haematomas in obstetrics: literature review.

Current literature was reviewed for gynecological aspects of retroperitoneal diseases. Taking into account the original histological findings retroperitoneal diseases were divided into the following groups from a gynecological point of view: 1. Malignant and benign primary retroperitoneal tumors 2. retroperitoneal organs 3. malignant and benign tumors of retroperitoneal organs 4. retroperitoneal gynecological structures 5. retroperitoneal metastases 6. other retroperitoneal diseases.

[Gynecological aspects of retroperitoneal diseases (author's transl)].

Es wurden neuere Literaturangaben uber gynakologische Aspekte retroperitonealer Erkrankungen zusammengestellt. Bei Berucksichtigung der von den Verfassern angegebenen histologischen Diagnosen wurden die retroperitonealen Erkrankungen aus gynakologischer Sicht in folgende Gruppen eingeteilt:

E B Linton

Papers

Treatment of massive retroperitoneal bleeding associated with late pregnancy, labor, and delivery.