Tamponade | For haemorrhage control |
Drainage | Prevents concealment of bleeding |
Intrauterine infusion-instillation | For uterotonics, antibiotics, tranexamic acid |
Intra-uterine lavage | For puerperal sepsis and septic abortion |
Diagnostic functions | |
(A) Collecting tissues/fluids from the uterine cavity, for lab function tests, to guide antibiotic therapy in septic abortion and puerperal sepsis. | |
(B) ‘Tamponade test’3 4 7 to evaluate effectiveness of internal compression treatment. |