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Angiographic embolization of intractable puerperal hematomas

H G Chin1, D R Scott, R Resnik

  • 1Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine 92103.

Puerperal hematomas may not respond to conventional therapy, including vaginal packing, drainage, and hypogastric artery ligation. Two cases are presented in which selective angiographic arterial embolization was used to manage this potentially lethal complication.

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