Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients, neonates, PPH, and periembolization data according to the mode of delivery

Binary logistic regression analysis was performed.

Data are presented as number (%) or mean±standard deviation.

PPH, postpartum hemorrhage; PAE, pelvic arterial embolization; DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulation; RBCU, red blood cell unit.

^a)Abnormal placentation includes placenta previa and/or creta (accreta, increta or percreta); ^b)Others include pseudoaneurysm of the vaginal (1 patient) and superior vesical arteries (1 patient) and the injury of inferior epigastric (5 patients) and superior vesical arteries (1 patient); ^c)Angiography depicted hypertrophy of the uterine arteries without active contrast extravasation; ^d)Extravasations from unilateral uterine, superior vesical or inferior epigastric arteries; ^e)Extravasations from the internal iliac branches including vaginal, obturator, internal pudendal, inferior gluteal or lateral sacral arteries except uterine arteries.