Three women who were desperate to preserve their reproductive capacity-but knew that they were at risk of bleeding and needing a hysterectomy when giving birth-took the unusual step of giving birth not in a delivery suite or in an operating theatre but in an interventional radiology suite. All three had caesarean sections after placement of a balloon or embolotherapy in the uterine artery, which successfully minimised blood loss in delivery (Anesthesia and Analgesia 2007;104:1193-4).
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