Prophylactic Hypogastric Artery Ligation during Placenta Percreta Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

• Egile Nagusiak: Theresa Kuhn (Egilea), Kristina Martimucci (Egilea), Abdulla Al-Khan (Egilea), Robyn Bilinski (Egilea), Stacy Zamudio (Egilea), Jesus Alvarez-Perez (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Objective To evaluate if prophylactic hypogastric artery ligation (HAL) decreases surgical blood loss and blood products transfused. Study Design This is a retrospective cohort study comparing patients with placenta percreta undergoing prophylactic HAL at the time of cesarean hysterectomy v...