Treatment of puerperal uterine inversion by the hydrostatic method; reports of five cases

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1989 Sep;32(3):281-5. doi: 10.1016/0028-2243(89)90048-8.

Abstract

In five patients, puerperal inversion of the uterus was successfully replaced by the hydrostatic technique. This method proved to be effective in acute and subacute uterine inversions. There was no maternal death and in one patient cardiac arrest occurred.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Obstetric Labor Complications / therapy
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage / complications
  • Pregnancy
  • Puerperal Disorders / therapy*
  • Uterine Diseases / therapy*