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Table 2 Clinical experience reported by responding residents

From: Surgical treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: national survey of French residents of obstetrics and gynecology

 

Performed alone a

Performed with the help of a senior obstetrician/gynecologist a

Seen it performed a

Never seen it performed a

Uterine compression sutures

3 (2; 0.5–5.5)

48 (31; 24–39)

75 (48; 40–56)

40 (26; 19–33)

Bilateral ligation of the uterine arteries

1 (0.5; 0–3.5)

40 (26; 19–33)

76 (51; 43–59)

43 (28; 21–35)

Tsirulnikov’s triple ligation

0

29 (19; 13–26)

59 (38; 30–46)

72 (46; 38–52)

Stepwise uterine devascularisation

0

2 (1; 0–5)

1 (0.5; 0–3.5)

155 (99; 96.5–100)

Bilateral ligation of the internal iliac arteries

1 (0.5; 0–3.5)

19 (12; 7.5–18)

69 (44; 36–52)

69 (44; 36–52)

Emergency hysterectomy

1 (0.5; 0–3.5)

20 (13; 8–19)

93 (60; 51.5–67)

44 (28; 21–36)

  1. The data are reported in (%; 95% confidence intervals)
  2. aParticipating obstetricians reported the number of times they were confronted with each situation for each of the mentioned techniques