Perioperative prophylactic internal iliac artery balloon occlusion for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage in placenta praevia: a randomised controlled trial (abridged secondary publication)

Hong Kong Med J 2022;28(Suppl 1):S23-6

TY Leung¹, YKY Cheng¹, DS Sahota¹, SCH Yu²

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital

²Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital

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Prophylactic internal iliac artery balloon occlusion during caesarean section did not reduce the postpartum haemorrhage and had no effect on the maternal and neonatal morbidity for patients with placenta praevia.