Post partum haemorrhage, severe acute maternal morbidity and the condom catheter uterine tamponade
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Improvised condom catheter with a draining channel for management of atonic post partum haemorrhage.
Primary postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is one of the five leading causes of maternal mortality in both developed and developing countries [1] . During the last two decades various uterine taponade devices have been used successfully in the management of PPH [2-5]. Success rates for the control of postpartum bleeding have ranged from 71% to 87% [6, 7]. So far, the Bakri balloon is the only balloon...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sri Lanka Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2279-1655,1391-7536
DOI: 10.4038/sljog.v35i4.6582