The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India
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VOL. 68 NUMBER 6 November-December  2018

Uterine Balloon Tamponade: A Savior in Ruptured Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation

Sandhya Gadre1 • Sushruta Shrivastava1 • Purva Tripathi2 • Manal A. Ali3

Sandhya Gadre, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chirayu Medical College & Hospital, Bhopal; Sushruta Shrivastava, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chirayu Medical College & Hospital, Bhopal; Purva Tripathi, Senior Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Chirayu Medical College & Hospital, Bhopal; Manal A. Ali, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Chirayu Medical College & Hospital, Bhopal.
✉Sushruta Shrivastava
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chirayu Medical College & Hospital, Bhopal, India
2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, Chirayu Medical College & Hospital, Bhopal, India
3 Department of Pathology, Chirayu Medical College & Hospital, Bhopal, India

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Dr. Sandhya Gadre, professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Chirayu Medical College and Hospital, Bhopal. She is a fellow of ICOG. Reviewer for JOGI, JEMDS. She has reviewed many MD dissertations and research articles. She has nine research publications as a first author. She has been invited as a guest speaker, panelist at AICOG and also at AMPOGS several times. She has presented many oral papers and posters at AICOG and AMPOGS. She is a resource faculty for medical education. She has been office bearer several times at local FOGSI. She is always enthusiastically interested in implementing her own innovative ideas in teaching the students.


30 years second para had menorrhagia for 2 months after D & E. USG and pelvic angiogram were suggestive of uterine AVM on left side (Figs. 1, 2, 3). Patient gave negative consent for uterine artery embolisation. She started.bleeding torrentially leading to hypotension. Hence balloon tamponade was done that kept the bleeding under control for 12 days till hysterectomy was done after the couple insisted for hysterectomy. Gross specimen and HPR proved the diagnosis (Figs. 4, 5).

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