Bakri balloon for the management of postpartum hemorrhage.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Bakri balloon in treating postpartum hemorrhage refractory to medical treatment. This retrospective study included 24 women with postpartum hemorrhage treated with a Bakri balloon as a conservative therapeutic option. The Bakri balloon was successful in controlling hemorrhage in 87.

Evaluation of a novel high-intensity focused ultrasound device for ablating subcutaneous adipose tissue for noninvasive body contouring: safety studies in human volunteers.

Background: High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an energy-based medical technology with many clinical applications. A device under clinical investigation in the United States (LipoSonix; Medicis Technologies Corporation, Bothell, Washington) uses HIFU to reduce localized deposits of abdominal adipose tissue.

Objectives: The authors describe the results from their clinical trial investigating the safety of this HIFU device in human patients.