Successful management of a second-trimester post-abortion hemorrhage with the Bakri balloon tamponade

Cengiz H

Dagdeviren H

Kaya C

Yildiz S

Ekin M

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mar 2015


Abstract

Hemorrhage after abortion is rare but it is a significant cause of abortion-related mortality and morbidity. Conservative management of hemorrhage is gaining popularity. The authors describe a case which a uterine tamponade balloon which was successfully used to control second-trimester post-abortion hemorrhage.