Ligation of the internal iliac arteries: personal experience over 36 years
- Author:
David R. Hamilton
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Papua New Guinea medical journal
2018;61(1-4):59-62
- CountryPapua New Guinea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
My experience with ligation of the internal iliac arteries (IIA) over a period of 36 years is described. Internal iliac artery ligation (IIAL) was performed to control postpartum haemorrhage, bleeding after prostatectomy and after a stab wound. Only once, during an abdominoperineal resection of the rectum, did I perform it prophylactically
