Postpartum hemorrhage: use of hemostatic combat gauze

Case reportCheap and simple interventions that are intended to minimize postpartum hemorrhage are of major public health concern. We report a case of postpartum hemorrhage in which conservative interventions had failed. The use of a chitosan-covered gauze that originally was developed for combat trauma allowed us to achieve hemostasis, and a seemingly inevitable hysterectomy was avoided.Bernd C. Schmid, Günther A. Rezniczek, Norbert Rolf, Holger Mau