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Life-threatening primary postpartum hemorrhage: treatment with emergency selective arterial embolization.

DOI

275

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0

References

1998

Year

Jean‐Pierre Pelage, O. Le Dref, Joaquim Matéo, Philippe Soyer, D. Jacob, M Kardache, H. Dahan, D Repiquet, Didier Payen, Jean-Bernard Truc,
Radiology

Abstract

Emergency arterial embolization is a safe and effective means of control of primary postpartum hemorrhage. The procedure obviates high-risk surgery and allows maintenance of reproductive ability.