A 25-year-old woman with a high-risk pregnancy got a new lease of life thanks to a temporary aortic cross clamping method used by doctors at the State-run Vani Vilas hospital in Bengaluru to stop profuse bleeding.
Diagnosed with placenta previa, a serious obstetric complication and a significant cause of maternal mortality, the woman was referred to Vani Vilas from a smaller hospital. Apart from severe bleeding, she was sweating profusely. Her pulse rate was high, suggestive of tachycardia (a condition that makes the heart beat more than 100 times per minute), and her blood pressure was low.
Doctors rushed her to the high-risk pregnancy operation theatre. They were able to conduct a cesarean delivery by doing a temporary aortic cross clamping to stop the bleeding. This cross clamping, which is usually done in cardiac surgeries, is being used for the first time in a government facility in Karnataka, doctors claimed.
