Management of acute haemorrhage following chemotherapy for invasive molar pregnancy by embolization and conservative fertility-sparing surgery.

Management of perforated invasive molar pregnancy, especially, in those women desirous of future fertility can be difficult. We report one of the very few instances, to our knowledge, where a combination of preoperative uterine artery embolization and conservative surgical techniques was used. This was successful in terms of minimising intraoperative blood loss and long term in attaining control of disease when combined with multiagent chemotherapy.

Risk factors and classification of stillbirth in a Middle Eastern population: a retrospective study.

Objective: To estimate the incidence of stillbirth, explore the associated maternal and fetal factors and to evaluate the most appropriate classification of stillbirth for a multiethnic population.

Methods: This is a retrospective population-based study of stillbirth in a large tertiary unit. Data of each stillbirth with a gestational age >/=24 weeks in the year 2015 were collected from electronic medical records and analyzed.