International Journal of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2025, Vol. 9, Issue 6, Part B
Inflating hope: Case series on the use of balloon tamponade in obstetrical and gynecologic hemorrhage
Author(s): Shelly Mittal and Yogeshwar Sadashivrao Nandanwar
Abstract: Obstetrics and Gynecology the complicated cases with multiple adhesions is a common thing and post-operative control of oozing is quite difficult specially under spinal anesthesia and hypotension. In gynecological conditions like malignancies, endometriosis, frozen pelvis, repeated myomectomies etc. and obstetric conditions like placenta percreta, previous caesarean sections with multiple adhesions and extremely rare but known abdominal pregnancies are challenges to control bleeding. Review of literature on the basis of Dr. Shivkar pack routinely used in Obstetrics is in favor of tamponade effect and they used to keep pack full surgical sheet and close abdomen and remove them later. Presenting here Case series is from DY Patil Hospital Nerul Navi Mumbai from October 2023 to December 2024.
Shelly Mittal, Yogeshwar Sadashivrao Nandanwar. Inflating hope: Case series on the use of balloon tamponade in obstetrical and gynecologic hemorrhage. Int J Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2025;9(6):108-110. DOI: 10.33545/gynae.2025.v9.i6b.1733
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