UTERINE BALLOON TAMPONADE

FOR THE TREATMENT OF

POSTPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE IN
RESOURCE-POOR SETTINGS

Dara Soraya
Harlina Hasballah
Zatul Fina

P E M B I M B I N G : D R. Y U S RA S E P T I V E RA ,
S P. O G
 BACKGROUND

99% of all maternal deaths occur in resource poor-

settings, more than 30% of these deaths are attributed
to PPH.

Death from PPH can largely be avoided through proper

prevention, diagnosis and management.

Unfortunately, many women in resource-scarce settings

do not have access to good-quality care for their delivery.

They are therefore at high risk of morbidity or death

consequent to PPH.
 BACKGROUND

In recent years, uterine balloon tamponade (UBT)

has been included as a second line treatment for
PPH.

The study found that the reported 84% success

rate of UBT does not significantly vary from
surgical treatment outcomes.
METHODS
 PRESENTATIONS OF PPH

The highest reported estimated blood loss

successfully managed by UBT was 5000 ml.

Uterine atony was the most commonly reported

cause of PPH. Additional cause of PPH included
coagulopathy, placenta accreta, placenta preavia
and retained placenta.
 TREATMENT OF PPH BEFORE UBT

In all other cases, providers initially attempted to

manage PPH with medications, uterine massage
and bimanual compression were reportedly
performed in eight studies.

Three of the reports describe how surgical

procedures, such as B-Lynch suture, haemostatic
suture and bilateral arterial ligation were
performed to control PPH.
TREATMENT OF PPH BEFORE UBT

In each case described below, this procedure

failed before the successful use of UBT.

Akhter describes one women with PPH that was

unresponsive to B-Lynch sutures during
caesarean section but that was controlled within
15 minutes by UBT.
FINDINGS BY TYPE OF DEVICE

Condom Catheter

The materials used to

Condom catheter assemble the condom
catheter varied little:
condom, catheter,
sterile string, saline,
syringe and steril
gauze.
 CONDOM CATHETER

Rather reported success in 25 of 26 women, with

one failure to control secondary PPH caused by
uterine atony.

Shivkar reported used condom catheters to

successfully manage 68 of 73 cases with primary
PPH.

Nahar reported that the condom catheter was

successful in 52 out of 53 cases of PPH.
SENGSTAKEN-BLAKEMORE

Treatment with
sengstaken-
blakemore catheter
was only reported in
one successful case.

The PPH had been

unresponsive to
uterotonics,
laparotomy, and
bilateral arterial
ligation.
 DISCUSSION

The reports so far suggest that UBT is helpful in

managing PPH secondary to a wide variety of
causes in resource-poor settings, including
uterine atony, coagulopathy, retained placenta,
placenta praevia and placenta accreta.

Complication rates were low in the use of all

types of UBT, with no reported cases of uterine
ruptur and no increased risk of infection.
 DISCUSSION

These facts, combined with low cost and ready

availability, make UBT, especially the condom
catheter with its low cost and ready availability,
an ideal addition to the armamentarium against
PPH in the low-resource settings.
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