Pelvic Packing for Intractable Obstetric Hemorrhage After Emergency Peripartum Hysterectomy: A Review.

Importance: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. Even after emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH), bleeding may occur in the setting of acquired coagulopathy. This type of bleeding resistant to clipping, ligating, or suturing could be successfully controlled with a pelvic packing.

[Medical treatment of endometriosis].

Prerequisites: Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of endometriosis, pharmacodynamics of oral contraceptives, progestagens, antiprogestagens, danazol, GnRh agonist and non-steroidal antiinflammatory.

Purpose Of Review: The aim of this paper is to systematically review the literature evidence of medical treatments for endometriosis and to summarize recently published recommendations.

Methods: Literature and recently published recommendations review via bibliographic research using Pubmed/Medline, Google scholar and Cochrane database.