RUPTURE OF BLADDER DUE TO RETROVERTED GRAVID UTERUS.

The retroverted gravid uterus and its effect on the outcome of pregnancy.

Among 1954 pregnant women who booked before the end of the 14th week of gestation the uterus was retroverted in 220 (11.2%). The incidence of bleeding in early pregnancy and spontaneous abortion was significantly higher in the retroverted group. Only three patients (1.4%) with a retroverted gravid uterus developed acute retention of urine. Patients with retroverted uteri did not have a higher i...

Spontaneous Rupture of Uterus in Midtrimester Pregnancy Due to Increased Uterine Pressure with PreviousLaparoscopic Myomectomy

Retroversion of Gravid Uterus

On the 20th of February last I was consulted by J. M., a married woman, 38 years of age. She had had seven living children (being delivered of twin girls on one occasion) and three miscarriages, and she calculated that she was about the middle of the fifth month of her tenth pregnancy. The catamenia last appeared in the beginning of October last year, and she first felt the movement of the chil...

A Case of Rupture of Uterus Due to Hydrocephalus

Examination.?General build was good, but she was extremely exhausted and her temperature was 100.4?F. Pulse 120 per minute. Abdominal examination showed classical signs of obstructed labour with a very big head at the lower part of uterus. Foetal heart sounds very faintly heard. Vaginal examination confirmed the diagnosis of hydrocephalus with a brow presentation. Os was fully dilated and there...

Spontaneous rupture of primigravid uterus due to morbidly adherent placenta.

Morbidly adherent placenta in a nulliparous woman is a rare phenomenon. An unusual case of a 20 years old primigravida presented in emergency with unstable haemodynamics and abdominal pain at 17 weeks of gestation is reported. She was found to have complete placental invasion and haemoperitoneum on laparotomy. Although there is an increased risk of placental invasion (increta and percreta) caus...