Table 3 Techniques that participants would use as first, second, and third line treatment for surgical management of severe PPH in a haemodynamically stable patient
First line | Third line | Third line | |
|---|---|---|---|
Uterine compression techniques | 50 (32; 25–40) | 18 (12; 7–18) | 17 (11; 6–17) |
Distal ligation (of the uterine arteries or Tsirulnikov’s triple ligation or stepwise uterine devascularisation) | 85 (54.5; 46–62) | 56 (36; 28–44) | 8 (5; 2–10) |
Bilateral ligation of the internal iliac arteries | 21 (13.5; 8–20) | 66 (42; 34–50) | 40 (26; 19–33) |
Emergency hysterectomy | 0 | 16 (10; 6–16) | 77 (49; 41–57) |
None, a hysterectomy was 12already done | 0 | 16 (10; 6–16) |