Research Article

Emergency Peripartum Hysterectomies at a District General Hospital in United Kingdom: 10-Year Review of Practice

Table 2

Intraoperative and postoperative complications.

ComplicationIncidence (=)(%)

Intraoperatively
 Ureteric injury4(13.8)
 Bleeding requiring transfusion24(82.8)
Total28(96.6)
Postoperative complications
 Sepsis2(6.9)
 Acute tubular necrosis1(3.4)
 Wound breakdown/infection1(3.4)
 Ileus3(10.3)
 Vault haematoma1(3.4)
 Pelvic collection1(3.4)
 Postop bladder problems1(3.4)
Total10(34.5)