Clinical characteristics and outcomes of uterine compression sutures for postpartum hemorrhage during cesarean delivery.

Authors

Tomoyuki Kojima, Soichiro Obata, Kazuya Hiiragi, Yuki Kamihara, Sayuri Nakanishi, Ryosuke Shindo, Etsuko Miyagi, Shigeru Aoki

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The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. Volume 39. Issue 1. Pages 2726056. Epub Sep 08, 2026.

Abstract

Uterine compression sutures (UCS) serve as a uterus-preserving option for the management of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH); however, the clinical characteristics associated with the need for additional treatment after UCS remain incompletely characterized. This study aimed to explore clinical factors associated with escalation to additional treatment after UCS.
We conducted a single-center retrospective cohort analysis of 33 patients who underwent UCS for PPH during cesarean delivery between January 2011 and July 2025. Patients were categorized based on management with UCS alone or the requirement for additional interventions, including transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) or emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH).
UCS alone achieved hemostasis in 23 patients (69.7%), whereas 10 patients (30.3%) required additional treatment (TAE, n = 3; EPH, n = 7). The incidence of suspected placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) was higher among patients requiring additional treatment than among those managed with UCS alone (60.0% vs. 8.7%; p = 0.004). Six of the eight patients with PAS (75.0%) required escalation, whereas all four patients with placental abruption achieved hemostasis with UCS alone; however, this finding should be interpreted cautiously because of the small number of cases. The estimated blood loss and intensive care unit admission rates were higher in the group requiring additional treatment. Ultimately, uterine preservation was achieved in 26 (78.8%) patients.
In this small retrospective cohort, UCS achieved hemostasis in many patients with PPH during cesarean delivery. Suspected PAS, particularly when complicated by placenta previa or a low-lying placenta, was associated with a higher need for additional treatment after UCS. However, because of the small sample size and limited number of events, these findings should be interpreted as hypothesis-generating rather than as definitive predictors of UCS failure.

PMID:
42708884
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 08 Sep 2026.

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