Re-evaluation of uterine packing for postpartum haemorrhage

ABSTRACT

A retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology [Unit II], Liaquat Medical College Hospital, Jamshoro, Hyderabad, with the objective of determining the use of uterine packing for control of postpartum haemorrhage [PPH] and to evaluate the efficacy and complications of the procedure. Data was collected from the obstetric records of all the deliveries over a period of five years, from January 1992 to December 1996. All women who had undergone uterine packing for control of postpartum haemorrhage were identified and indications and postoperative complications analysed