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. 2012 Sep;29(3):161–168. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1326924

Table 2. Patient Characteristics and Reported Outcomes for Balloon Occlusion Procedures Performed for Obstetric Hemorrhage.

Patient No. Diagnosis Gestational Age Artery Occluded Surgery EBL Units Transfused Complications
1 Previa/Percreta 37 weeks IIA CD/TAH 1600 mL 0
2 Accreta 36 weeks IIA CD/TAH 1100 mL 0
3 Percreta (?) 30 weeks IIA CD/TAH 2000 mL 2 U
4 Previa/Possible accreta 36 weeks IIA CD/TAH 2500 mL 2 U
5 Complete accreta, suspected percreta 35 weeks, 4 days IIA CD/TAH 4000 mL 7 U
6 Complete previa, probable percreta 34 weeks Anterior division IIA CD/TAH 1500 mL 3 U Slow return of bowel motility, mild fever
7 Accreta NA Infrarenal abdominal aorta CD/TAH 2 U
8 Previa/Percreta/Bladder invasion 36 weeks Anterior division IIA CD/TAH 1500 mL 0
9 Percreta 30 weeks Anterior division IIA CD/TAH 2000 mL 0
10 Percreta 34 weeks CIA NA 800 mL 500 cc
11 Previa/Percreta 34 weeks IIA CD/TAH 3000 mL 4 U
12 Previa 31 weeks L uterine artery, R anterior division IIA CD/TAH 600 mL 0 U Ileus
13 Previa/Percreta
Delivered at 30 weeks, placenta delivered 7 days later
30 weeks IIA CD/Manual transplacental removal 1400 cc 2 U/15 U R Salpingo-oophorectomy; intentional anterior and unintentional posterior cystotomy; 3 cm uterine rupture
14 High-flow retroplacental AVM NA IIA 2000 cc 0 U
15 Percreta adherent to bladder NA IIA CD/TAH 5000 cc 10 U
16 Percreta NA IIA CD/TAH 4000 cc 6 U
17 Percreta NA IIA NA 1000 cc 0 U
18 Accreta NA IIA CD/TAH 5000 cc 5 U
19 Accreta NA IIA CD 800 cc 0 U
20 Accreta NA IIA CD 2600 cc 2 U
21 Percreta and complete previa 38 weeks Infrarenal abdominal aorta CD/TAH 42 U Vesicovaginal fistula
22 Accreta 36 weeks IIA CD/TAH 5500 cc 4 U
23 Accreta 37 weeks IIA CD/TAH 5200 cc 6 U
24 Accreta 36 weeks Uterine artery CD/TAH 6700 cc 5 U
25 Accreta 38 weeks IIA CD 1100 cc None
26 Accreta 36 weeks IIA CD/TAH 2700 cc 2 U
27 Previa/Focal accreta 28 weeks IIA CD/TAH 2200 cc 17 U
28 Previa/Increta 34 weeks IIA CD/TAH 2500 cc 6 U
29 Previa/Accreta 36 weeks IIA CD/TAH 7000 cc 9 U Cystostomy/bladder repair
30 Previa/Percreta 30 weeks IIA CD/TAH 2500 cc 7 U Cystostomy/bladder repair, pelvic hematoma
31 Previa/Accreta 31 weeks IIA Curettage of lower uterine segment 1000cc 0 U
32 Previa/Percreta 36 weeks IIA CD/TAH 1500 cc 0 U
33 Previa 33 weeks IIA CD 3950 cc 5.4 U (mean)
34 Previa 35 weeks IIA CD 3100 cc 5.4 U (mean)
35 Accreta 35 weeks IIA CD/TAH 4000 cc 5.4 U (mean)
36 Previa 32 weeks IIA CD/TAH 3400 cc 5.4 U (mean)
37 Previa 35 weeks IIA CD/TAH 4300 cc 5.4 U (mean)
38 Percreta 42 weeks IIA CD/TAH 10,000 cc 5.4 U (mean)
39 Accreta 33 weeks IIA CD 3200 cc 5.4 U (mean)

EBL, estimated blood loss; CD/TAH, cesarean delivery/total abdominal hysterectomy; NA, not applicable; CIA, common iliac artery; AVM, arteriovenous malformation.