ABSTRACT
Objective To determine the specific effect of manual removal of the placenta in the third stage of labor in the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage.Methods We searched PubMed,EMBASE,EBSCOhost databases and Chinese Academic Journal et al(inception to October August 2015).Articles database of all published.Randomized controlled trials comparing manual removal of the placenta with hands-off management inthe third stage of labor were included.Two independent reviewers assessed the included studies and extracted data.RevMan4.2 software was used for Meta-analysis.Results Six randomized controlled trials involving a total of 2 435 participants were eligible.There were five cases of cesarean section,one case of natural childbirth,and four English literatures and two Chinese literatures.Significant difference was found between manual removal of the placenta and handsoff management groups with respect to the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage.Conclusion Routine manual removal of placenta at cesarean section significantly increases perioperative blood loss.However,the effect in vaginal delivery need further research.