TABLE 3.
Most important indication for peripartum hysterectomy presented as n (%)
| Indications of hysterectomy | Belgium (n = 73) | Denmark (n = 44) | Finland (n = 72) | France (n = 98) | UK (n = 276) | Italy (n = 489) | Netherlands (n = 95) | Slovakia (n = 103) | Sweden (n = 52) | Total (n = 1302) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uterine atony | 29 (39.7%) | 12 (27.3%) | 17(23.6%) | 42 (42.9%) | 98 (35.5%) | 199 (40.7%) | 34 (35.8%) | 18 (17.5%) | 10 (19.2%) | 459 (35.3%) |
| Abnormally invasive placenta | 14 (19.2%) | 17(38.6%) | 16 (22.2%) | 23 (23.5%) | 103 (37.3%) | 188 (38.4%) | 36 (37.9%) | 30 (29.1%) | 26 (50%) | 453 (34.8%) |
| Uterine rupture | 10 (13.7%) | 2 (4.5%) | 17 (23.6%) | 9 (9.2%) | 17 (6.2%) | 14 (2.9%) | 10 (10.5%) | 16 (15.5%) | 3 (5.8%) | 98 (7.5%) |
| Unspecified hemorrhage | 5 (6.8%) | 0 | 11 (15.3%) | 2 (2%) | 0 | 44 (9%) | 8 (8.4%) | 16 (15.5%) | 7 (13.5%) | 93 (7.1%) |
| Placenta previa | 0 | 0 | 9(12.5%) | 2 (2%) | 41 (14.9%) | 15 (3.1%) | 4 (4.2%) | 11 (10.7%) | 2 (3.8%) | 84 (6.5%) |
| Placental abruption | 0 | 2 (4.5%) | 0 | 6 (6.1%) | 2 (0.7%) | 20 (4.1%) | 0 | 2 (1.9%) | 2 (3.9%) | 34 (2.6%) |
| Cervical laceration | 0 | 6 (13.6%) | 2 (2.8%) | 0 | 2 (0.7%) | 4 (0.8%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0 | 0 | 15 (1.2%) |
| Fibroids | 0 | 2 (4.5%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4%) | 2 (0.4%) | 1 (1.1%) | 0 | 2 (3.8%) | 8 (0.6%) |
| DIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (6.1%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (0.6%) |
| Infection | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.1%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.2%) |
| Other | 2 (2.7%) | 3 (6.8%) | 0 | 7 (7.1%) | 8 (2.9%) | 2 (0.4%) | 0 | 3 (2.9%) | 0 | 25 (1.9%) |
| Missing | 13 (17.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1.1%) | 0 | 0 | 7 (6.8%) | 0 | 23 (1.8%) |
Abbreviations: DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.