Minimizing Blood Loss during Lower Segment Cæsarean Section

Cæsarean Section—Lower Segment Operation

A Case of Lower Segment Cæsarean Section

Tranexamic acid in decreasing blood loss during and after caesarean section.

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of tranexamic acid (TXA) in reducing blood loss during and after caesarean section (CS), as well as its safety. STUDY DESIGN A randomized double-blind placebo controlled study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Lyari General Hospital, Karachi, from March 2009 till April 2011. METHODOLOGY Women undergoing lower segment caesarean section (LSCS) were en...

Efficacy of Tourniquet Application in Minimizing Intraoperative Blood Loss in Cesarean Hysterectomies for Placenta Accreta—A Comparative Study

Objective: To assess the effect of tourniquet application of intraoperative blood loss in placenta accreta cases undergoing cesarean hysterectomy. Materials and methods: Nine cases and twenty controls with USG and colour Doppler diagnosed placenta accreta with previous cesarean section were chosen to utilize this novel approach. These cases were planned for elective cesarean section followed by...

A Plea for the Lower Uterine Segment Cæsarean Section *Being a paper read at the Medical and Veterinary Research Section of the Indian Science Congress held at Nagpur, January 1931.

antenatal care is only in its infancy in this Peninsula and as a result dire obstetric difficulties are not realized until the patient has been long in labour with the result that the woman is not taken to hospital until her life and that of the baby are in danger, and certainly not before she has had multiple examinations. On returning to India I at once began to' teach and perform this operat...