Vaginal postpartum bleeding
This patient is a 32-year-old female who experienced fetal death in utero today.
She has a pre-existing coagulopathy, and due to the anticipated risk of massive bleeding during childbirth, embolization for postpartum bleeding has been pre-emptively requested.
RAO 19”
(Not to embolize vaginal branches from uterine artery ; which runs downward from uterine artery)
1000-1400 um and 1400-2000 um gelfoam were used to embolize uterine artery and its branches.
Pigtail catheter tip should be located nearby renal arteries.
Because gonadal arteries can be the culprit artery for postpartum bleeding and the arteries are usually arised from abdominal aorta just below the renal arteries.
Pigtail catheter tip should be located nearby renal arteries.
Because gonadal arteries can be the culprit artery for postpartum bleeding and the arteries are usually arised from abdominal aorta just below the renal arteries.