Pilot Study of Intra-Aortic Balloon Occlusion to Limit Morbidity in Patients with Adherent Placentation Undergoing Cesarean Hysterectomy

Abstract Objective We study whether using an intra-aortic balloon (IAB) during cesarean hysterectomy decreases delivery morbidity in patients with suspected morbidly adherent placentation. Study Design This is a retrospective cohort study of deliveries complicated by suspec...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Blumenthal, Rashmi Rao, Aisling Murphy, Jeffrey Gornbein, Richard Hong, John M. Moriarty, Daniel A. Kahn, Carla Janzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2018-04-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1641736