TABLE 3.
Details of blood loss, blood transfusion and complications in 442 women
| Cesarean hysterectomy n = 252 | Placenta extirpation/manual removal n = 90 | Placenta in situ n = 48 | Focal resection at cesarean section n = 26 | Vaginal delivery n = 17 | Termination of pregnancy n = 9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood loss (mL) | range | 450‐20 000 | 200‐6700 | 150‐10 000 | 500‐7500 | 200‐8000 | 100‐5000 |
| interquartile range | 1120‐3500 | 700‐2000 | 500‐3375 | 1175‐2000 | 337‐2400 | 800‐3450 | |
| median | 2000 | 1500 | 1500 | 2000 | 850 | 1500 | |
| Data missing (n) | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Red blood cells transfused (units) | range | 0‐34 | 0‐15 | 0‐108 | 0‐10 | 4‐18 | 0‐10 |
| interquartile range | 0‐6 | 0‐5 | 2‐11 | 0‐5 | 4‐15 | 1‐8 | |
| median | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
| Data missing (n) | 39 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
| ICU admission | n (%) | 107 (42.4%) | 24 (26.6%) | 24 (50%) | 8 (30.7%) | 3 | 7 |
| Range (d) | 1‐56 | 1‐32 | 1‐13 | 1‐2 | 1‐3 | 1‐3 | |
| Median (d) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Salvage hysterectomy | n | N/A | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Perioperative damage to | Bladder (n) | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ureters (n) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Repeated surgery due to complications | Relaparotomy a (n) | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Uterine tamponade (n) | N/A | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |
| Emergency embolization uterine arteries (n) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hysteroscopic resection or D&C (n) | N/A | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
a
Relaparotomy was performed due to bleeding (n = 12), ureter strictures (n = 3), ileus (n = 2), removal of drains (n = 2), vesicovaginal fistula (n = 2) and bowel injuries (n = 1).