Bilateral Uterine Artery Ligation in Reducing Incidence of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Cesarean Section

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The patients were recruited from women attending labor ward to undergo cesarean section.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women with one or more of the following conditions undergoing cesarean section for obstetric indication were included:

• Maternal anemia (not less than 7 gm %).

• Macrosomic baby >4kgs.

• Twin pregnancy and high order pregnancy.

• Polyhydramnios.

• Grand multipara.

• Previous history of atonic postpartum hemorrhage.

• Prolonged vaginal delivery.

• Emergency cesarean.

• Chorioamnionitis.

Exclusion Criteria:

• - Placenta previa.

• Patients with bleeding tendency (congenital or acquired)

• Ante-partum hemorrhage.

• Patients with no risk for uterine atony.