Among the 4 patients in group 2managedwith a B-Lynch suture, additional
management was needed in three women. One woman received
a gauze tamponade within 1 hour of the suture because of
uncontrolled blood loss. Subsequently, this patient developed disseminated
intravascular coagulation (DIC), and underwent a hysterectomy.
One woman was treated with a gauze tamponade 15 minutes after
the sutures because bleeding persisted. Her fibrinogen level declined
to 1.84 g/L, and a fibrinogen infusion was administered. In this case