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Published on: September 12, 2025
Recurrent bleeding within 24 hours after uterine artery embolization for severe postpartum hemorrhage: are there
Sébastien Bros1, Pascal Chabrot, Adrian Kastler
1Department of Radiology, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 58 Rue Montalembert, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France. sebbros@wanadoo.fr
Purpose:
To retrospectively identify predictive factors of recurrent bleeding within 24 h after uterine artery embolization (UAE) for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).
Materials And Methods:
A total of 194 patients underwent UAE for PPH between August 1999 and April 2009 at our institution. Twelve patients experienced recurrent bleeding within the next 24 h; a second attempt at UAE was thus necessary, which was successful in 10 cases. In two cases, hemostatic hysterectomy was performed. Epidemiological, gynecological-obstetrical, anatomic, and biological data were analyzed.
Results:
Complete data were available for 148 of the 194 (76%) included patients. Sixty-four (43%) were primiparous, 18 (12.2%) had a placenta accreta, 21 (14%) had a coagulopathy, and 28 (18.9%) had an anatomic variant of the uterine arterial vasculature. Mean age and pregnancy term were similar in both recurring and nonrecurrent bleeding groups. After multivariate analysis, three criteria emerged as risk factors of recurrent bleeding: primiparity (10 patients, 83%; odds ratio [OR]=18.84; P=0.014), coagulation disorders (6 patients, 50%; OR=12.08; P=0.006), and anatomic variant of the uterine arterial vasculature (28 patients; OR=9.83; P=0.003).
Conclusion:
Search for uterine collaterals must be performed before UAE for PPH. Primiparity and coagulation disorders increase the risk of recurrent bleeding after UAE for PPH.
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