title: Compressive uterine sutures to treat postpartum bleeding secondary to uterine atony.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate the usefulness of a new method of applying compressive sutures to treat postpartum bleeding secondary to uterine atony.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multiple sutures were applied longitudinally and transversally around the uterus of 7 women with postpartum uterine atony and postpartum bleeding.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The procedure was successful in all cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compressive sutures of the uterus were effective in treating uterine atony with postpartum bleeding.
  
  
  METHODS
  III.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia do Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal. alcides.pereira@mail.telpac.pt
authors.forename: Alcides
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Filomena
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Sónia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pedroso
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saraiva
authors.forename: Hélio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Retto
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meirinho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014593:Uterine Inertia / Q000150:complications*