Postpartum haemorrhage due to genital tract injury after vaginal delivery: safety and efficacy of transcatheter arterial embolisation

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 28; no. 11; pp. 4800 - 4809
• Main Authors: Lee, Sang Min, Shin, Ji Hoon, Shim, Jong Joon, Yoon, Ki Woong, Cho, Young Jong, Kim, Jong Woo, Ko, Heung Kyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Angiography; Arteries; Bleeding; Cervix; Clinical outcomes; Delivery, Obstetric - adverse effects; Diagnostic Radiology; Embolization, Therapeutic - methods; Enbucrilate - administration & dosage; Failure; Female; Gelatin; Genital tract; Hematoma; Hemorrhage; Humans; Imaging; Injections, Intra-Arterial; Injuries; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Menstruation; Mesenteric Artery, Inferior; Neuroradiology; Patients; Postpartum; Postpartum Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Postpartum Hemorrhage - etiology; Postpartum Hemorrhage - therapy; Postpartum period; Pregnancy; Preservation; Radiology; Retrospective Studies; Safety; Surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Transfusion; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasound; Urogenital system; Uterine Artery; Uterus; Vagina; Vagina - injuries; Vascular Surgical Procedures; Vascular-Interventional; Veins & arteries; Postpartum haemorrhage; Delivery, obstetric; Radiology, interventional; Genitalia, female; Wounds and injuries

Objectives To evaluate the safety and efficacy of transcatheter arterial embolisation (TAE) managing postpartum haemorrhage associated with genital tract injury (PPH-GTI) and to determine the factors associated with clinical outcomes. Methods From 2002 to 2017, a retrospective analysis was performed...