Title

Condom catheter tamponade versus surgical adjuncts for PPH in placenta previa and accreta: A prospective study

Authors

Diksha Ambedkar¹, Charu Mishra^2,*, Meghna Athwani³, Rina Sharma⁴, VijayKumar⁵ & Yogesh K Yadav⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rajarshi Dashrath Autonomous State Medical College, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Physiology, Madhav Prasad Tripathi Medical College, Siddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India; ³Department of Community Medicine, Autonomous State Medical College, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Plastic Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁵Department of Pathology, Autonomous State Medical College, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author
 

Email

Diksha Ambedkar - E-mail: dikshaambedkar@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8986723132

Charu Mishra - E-mail: dr.charu423@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9598345561

Meghna Athwani - E-mail: meghnaathwani@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8127153456

Rina Sharma - E-mail: drrinamanish@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7905561335

Vijay Kumar - E-mail: kuhuvidush@hotmail.com; Phone: +91 9415085625

Yogesh K Yadav - E-mail: dr.yogi007@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8604958282

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026

Abstract

Postpartum hemorrhage in placenta previa and accreta is difficult to manage, especially in low-resource settings where costly devices like Bakri balloons are not readily available. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the effectiveness of a condom catheter in controlling hemorrhage during 29 cesarean deliveries. Patients were managed with tamponade alone or in combination with placental bed suturing and/or uterine artery ligation. Results showed significant differences in hemostasis time and blood loss. The combination of tamponade with uterine artery ligation was most effective, while placental bed suturing increased blood loss and tamponade alone resulted in delayed hemostasis. Thus, we show that condom catheter tamponade combined with uterine artery ligation is an effective and affordable option for managing hemorrhage in resource-limited settings.
 

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Citation

Ambedkar et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 2058-2062 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta  

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.