Open AccessUterine Artery Laceration after Vacuum Delivery
Author(s) -
Susana Correia Costa,
Pedro Viana Pinto,
Paulo Vilares Morgado,
Nuno Montenegro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta médica portuguesa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1646-0758
pISSN - 0870-399X
DOI - 10.20344/amp.13399
Subject(s) - medicine , disseminated intravascular coagulation , intensive care unit , hysterectomy , post partum , etiology , hemorrhagic shock , coagulopathy , uterine atony , gynecology , shock (circulatory) , amniotic fluid embolism , obstetrics , surgery , pregnancy , resuscitation , intensive care medicine , biology , genetics
Post-partum hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and it’s etiology needs to be identified in order for adequate treatment to be provided. We report a case of a post-partum hemorrhage in a multiparous woman treated with selective coil packing embolization after identification of laceration of the right uterine artery’s ascending branch. The patient was admitted to an intensive care unit in hemorrhagic hypovolemic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation and underwent total hysterectomy due to infectious complications.