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World J Radiol. Jul 28, 2025; 17(7): 107737
Published online Jul 28, 2025. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v17.i7.107737
Prophylactic occlusion balloon in placenta abnormalities: What every interventional radiologist needs to know
Lorenzo Steri, Pierluigi Barbieri, Lavinia Gigante, Alessandro Posa
Lorenzo Steri, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Ospedale Isola Tiberina Gemelli Isola, Rome 00186, Lazio, Italy
Pierluigi Barbieri, Alessandro Posa, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome 00168, Lazio, Italy
Lavinia Gigante, Department of Woman, Child and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome 00168, Lazio, Italy
Author contributions: Steri L and Posa A were responsible for conceptualization, data curation, and project administration; Steri L, Barbieri P, and Posa A were responsible for methodology; Gigante L and Posa A were responsible for visualization; Posa A was responsible for writing, reviewing, editing, and supervision; Steri L, Barbieri P, Gigante L, and Posa A were responsible for the investigation, resources, and writing the original draft; All authors read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Alessandro Posa, MD, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Rome 00168, Lazio, Italy. alessandro.posa@policlinicogemelli.it
Received: March 31, 2025
Revised: April 21, 2025
Accepted: June 9, 2025
Published online: July 28, 2025
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Core Tip: Aim of this narrative minireview is to give a comprehensive overview on the use of prophylactic occlusion balloon, in preventing major blood losses in patients with placenta accreta spectrum, undergoing cesarean delivery or demolition surgery. The heterogeneity of the results of different studies on this topic, the extreme delicacy of the type of patients to be treated, often very young, are some of the key points on which there is a need to clarify the knowledge on the argument. As in many other pathologies, there is no univocal treatment validated for all patients, but the correct treatment must be tailored for each individual case, hence this work shows all the possible treatments available.