title: The Bakri balloon for the management of postpartum hemorrhage in cases with placenta previa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the success rate of the Bakri balloon in the event of uncontrollable hemorrhage due to placenta previa.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated 25 patients who were treated with the Bakri balloon who had severe postpartum hemorrhage with placenta previa and failed medical treatment with uterotonic agents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Bakri balloon was inserted abdominally during cesarean section in 24 of 25 cases. In only one case was it inserted vaginally. The Bakri tamponade was effective in 22 cases (88%). There were three cases with failure: two patients needed an additional procedure (hypogastric artery ligation and B-Lynch suture) and one patient needed hysterectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Bakri balloon is the least invasive, rapid method in the management of bleeding due to placenta previa with minimal complications.
authors.affiliation: Zeynep Kamil Gynecologic and Pediatric Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Pınar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumru
authors.forename: Oya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Demirci
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erdogdu
authors.forename: Resul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arısoy
authors.forename: Arif Aktug
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ertekin
authors.forename: Semih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tugrul
authors.forename: Oya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pekin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007902:Length of Stay; D008026:Ligation; D010120:Oxytocics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010923:Placenta Previa / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013537:Sutures; D014421:Turkey; D058738:Uterine Balloon Tamponade / Q000009:adverse effects; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D010120:Oxytocics