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. 2020 Oct 31;58(230):826–830. doi: 10.31729/jnma.4958

Table 2. Indications of IIA ligation.2,6.

Obstetric indications
Atonic postpartum hemorrhage
Uterine laceration or rupture
Postpartum hemorrhage secondary to abruption or placenta previa
Morbidly adherent placenta
Post-abortion bleeding
Abdominal pregnancy with pelvic implantation of the placenta
Bleeding secondary to cervical or cesarean scar pregnancy
Before hysterectomy when all conservative measures have failed
High risk for recurrent postpartum hemorrhage Jehovah’s Witnesses with high risk for postpartum hemorrhage
Traumatic postpartum hemorrhage from the genital tract like the vagina and cervix
Gynecological indications
Significant bleeding from the broad ligament
Profuse bleeding from the pelvic sidewalls
Gynecological oncological procedures like radical hysterectomy or exenteration
Large tumor at the deeper part of the pelvis
Non-gynecological indications
Profuse pelvic bleeding without an identifiable vascular bed
Profuse pelvic hemorrhage from fracture of pelvis or gunshot injury to the pelvis
During endovascular repair of aortoiliac arterial aneurysms
Supra-levator hematoma not responding to conservative management