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Compressive uterine sutures to treat postpartum bleeding secondary to uterine atony
Alcides Pereira1, Filomena Nunes, Sónia Pedroso
1Serviço de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia do Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal. alcides.pereira@mail.telpac.pt
Objective:
To demonstrate the usefulness of a new method of applying compressive sutures to treat postpartum bleeding secondary to uterine atony.
Methods:
Multiple sutures were applied longitudinally and transversally around the uterus of 7 women with postpartum uterine atony and postpartum bleeding.
Results:
The procedure was successful in all cases.
Conclusion:
Compressive sutures of the uterus were effective in treating uterine atony with postpartum bleeding.
Level Of Evidence:
III.
