A qualitative assessment of the impact of a uterine balloon tamponade package on decisions regarding the role of emergency hysterectomy in women with uncontrolled postpartum haemorrhage in Kenya and Senegal.

Anna Alaska PendletonAbirami NatarajanRoy AhnBrett D NelsonMelody J EckardtThomas F Burke

Published in: BMJ open (2016)

These preliminary data suggest that following ESM-UBT implementation, emergency hysterectomy for uncontrolled PPH may be averted by use of uterine balloon tamponade.

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