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. 2005 Sep;106(3):569-72.
doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000168434.28222.d3.

Compressive uterine sutures to treat postpartum bleeding secondary to uterine atony

Alcides Pereira  1 , Filomena Nunes, Sónia Pedroso, João Saraiva, Hélio Retto, Manuel Meirinho
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Compressive uterine sutures to treat postpartum bleeding secondary to uterine atony

Alcides Pereira et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Sep.

Abstract

Objective: To demonstrate the usefulness of a new method of applying compressive sutures to treat postpartum bleeding secondary to uterine atony.

Methods: Multiple sutures were applied longitudinally and transversally around the uterus of 7 women with postpartum uterine atony and postpartum bleeding.

Results: The procedure was successful in all cases.

Conclusion: Compressive sutures of the uterus were effective in treating uterine atony with postpartum bleeding.

Level of evidence: III.

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