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Severe secondary postpartum haemorrhage after caesarean section. 1987

P M Shweni, and B B Bishop, and J N Hansen, and K T Subrayen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Natal.

Between January 1982 and April 1985 13 patients with severe secondary postpartum haemorrhage after caesarean section were seen at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban. The bleeding occurred in the second, third and fourth weeks after delivery, but there were no maternal deaths. Eight of these patients were treated by total abdominal hysterectomy and 1 by revision of the uterine wound and ligation of the bleeding uterine vessels. The last 4 patients, seen in 1985, were treated by selective transcatheter embolisation with Gelfoam pledgets. This method was successful in 3 patients and failed in 1. It is suggested that the latter method has a place in the treatment of these patients.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D002585 Cesarean Section Extraction of the FETUS by means of abdominal HYSTEROTOMY. Abdominal Delivery,Delivery, Abdominal,C-Section (OB),Caesarean Section,Postcesarean Section,Abdominal Deliveries,C Section (OB),C-Sections (OB),Caesarean Sections,Cesarean Sections,Deliveries, Abdominal
D004621 Embolization, Therapeutic A method of hemostasis utilizing various agents such as Gelfoam, silastic, metal, glass, or plastic pellets, autologous clot, fat, and muscle as emboli. It has been used in the treatment of spinal cord and INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS, renal arteriovenous fistulas, gastrointestinal bleeding, epistaxis, hypersplenism, certain highly vascular tumors, traumatic rupture of blood vessels, and control of operative hemorrhage. Embolotherapy,Therapeutic Embolization,Embolizations, Therapeutic,Embolotherapies,Therapeutic Embolizations
D005260 Female Females
D006473 Postpartum Hemorrhage Excess blood loss from uterine bleeding associated with OBSTETRIC LABOR or CHILDBIRTH. It is defined as blood loss greater than 500 ml or of the amount that adversely affects the maternal physiology, such as BLOOD PRESSURE and HEMATOCRIT. Postpartum hemorrhage is divided into two categories, immediate (within first 24 hours after birth) or delayed (after 24 hours postpartum). Hemorrhage, Postpartum,Delayed Postpartum Hemorrhage,Immediate Postpartum Hemorrhage,Hemorrhage, Delayed Postpartum,Hemorrhage, Immediate Postpartum,Postpartum Hemorrhage, Delayed,Postpartum Hemorrhage, Immediate
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013529 Surgical Wound Dehiscence Pathologic process consisting of a partial or complete disruption of the layers of a surgical wound. Dehiscence, Surgical Wound,Wound Dehiscence, Surgical

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