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Funnel compression suture: a conservative procedure to control postpartum bleeding from the lower uterine segment
Author(s) -
Li GT,
Li GR,
Li XF,
Wu BP
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/1471-0528.13685
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , conservative treatment , fibrous joint , surgery , placenta accreta , placenta , uterine bleeding , obstetrics , pregnancy , fetus , genetics , biology
Bleeding from the lower uterine segment ( LUS ) during caesarean section remains a life‐threatening obstetric problem, particularly in women with placenta praevia or partial placenta accreta in the LUS . Various conservative measures for the surgical treatment of postpartum haemorrhage have been studied for decades. In this paper we describe a funnel compression suture to staunch intractable bleeding from LUS for placenta praevia accreta. The suture brings the anterior and posterior walls of the LUS together using absorbable thread and was successful in the overwhelming majority of women. It is an easy, safe and effective conservative surgical treatment to stop severe bleeding of the LUS .