Laparoscopic treatment of postpartum pre-sacral haematoma

Postpartum retroperitoneal or pelvic haematomas are rare after vaginal delivery. The clinical presentation can vary from being an incidental finding to the development of life-threatening bleeding. Due to their rarity, there are no established guidelines for the management of these postpartum haemat...

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Main Authors: Rahul Gupta, Pradip Pokharia, Ujjwal Daspal, Houssem Ammar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
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spelling doaj-35b340dbab434617b7e7f53b6e9331b22021-03-31T07:06:06ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Minimal Access Surgery0972-99411998-39212021-01-0117226526710.4103/jmas.JMAS_153_20Laparoscopic treatment of postpartum pre-sacral haematomaRahul GuptaPradip PokhariaUjjwal DaspalHoussem AmmarPostpartum retroperitoneal or pelvic haematomas are rare after vaginal delivery. The clinical presentation can vary from being an incidental finding to the development of life-threatening bleeding. Due to their rarity, there are no established guidelines for the management of these postpartum haematomas. The reported treatments vary from watchful observation to emergent laparotomy. We report a case of postpartum pre-sacral haematoma after uneventful vaginal delivery managed successfully by laparoscopic drainage after the failure of conservative treatment.http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2021;volume=17;issue=2;spage=265;epage=267;aulast=laparoscopypostpartumpre-sacral haematomapuerperalretrorectal lesion
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author Rahul Gupta
Pradip Pokharia
Ujjwal Daspal
Houssem Ammar
spellingShingle Rahul Gupta
Pradip Pokharia
Ujjwal Daspal
Houssem Ammar
Laparoscopic treatment of postpartum pre-sacral haematoma
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
laparoscopy
postpartum
pre-sacral haematoma
puerperal
retrorectal lesion
author_facet Rahul Gupta
Pradip Pokharia
Ujjwal Daspal
Houssem Ammar
author_sort Rahul Gupta
title Laparoscopic treatment of postpartum pre-sacral haematoma
title_short Laparoscopic treatment of postpartum pre-sacral haematoma
title_full Laparoscopic treatment of postpartum pre-sacral haematoma
title_fullStr Laparoscopic treatment of postpartum pre-sacral haematoma
title_full_unstemmed Laparoscopic treatment of postpartum pre-sacral haematoma
title_sort laparoscopic treatment of postpartum pre-sacral haematoma
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
issn 0972-9941
1998-3921
publishDate 2021-01-01
description Postpartum retroperitoneal or pelvic haematomas are rare after vaginal delivery. The clinical presentation can vary from being an incidental finding to the development of life-threatening bleeding. Due to their rarity, there are no established guidelines for the management of these postpartum haematomas. The reported treatments vary from watchful observation to emergent laparotomy. We report a case of postpartum pre-sacral haematoma after uneventful vaginal delivery managed successfully by laparoscopic drainage after the failure of conservative treatment.
topic laparoscopy
postpartum
pre-sacral haematoma
puerperal
retrorectal lesion
url http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2021;volume=17;issue=2;spage=265;epage=267;aulast=
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