Spontaneous Uterine Rupture in Non-Gravid Uterus 10 Years after Caesarean Section

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

Rupture of the Uterus Scarred Due to Previous Caesarean Section

A 24-year-old primigravida married for 1 year was referred from a village in the second stage of labour with an intrauterine foetal demise to the emergency room. There was mild tachycardia. She was not anaemic. The blood pressure was normal. A midline vertical sub-umbilical scar on the abdomen was claimed to be for an ovariotomy done during adolescence. The patient was exhausted. There was seco...

Spontaneous Uterine Rupture of an Unscarred Uterus before Labour

Uterine rupture is a public health problem in developing countries. When it is spontaneous, it occurs most often during labor in a context of scarred uterus. Uterine rupture during pregnancy is a rare situation. The diagnosis is not always obvious and morbidity and maternal and fetal mortality is still high. We report a case of spontaneous uterine rupture during pregnancy at 35 weeks of an unsc...

Gravid uterus in post caesarean incisional hernia: a rare occurrence

Incisional hernia following section caesarean is a not so uncommon a complication following sepsis in the postoperative period. An ever rising primary caesarean rates in many developed countries like USA and emerging economies like China is leading to rising trend of incisional hernia following c-section. The contents of hernial sac in these cases are usually small gut loops or omentum. Only ab...

Rupture of the transverse uterine scar after lower segment caesarean section.

THE lengthening list of indications for Caesarean section makes the management of subsequent deliveries a problem which confronts the obstetrician with ever-increasing frequency. Where the original Caesarean section was performed for a non-recurrent indication, subsequent vaginal delivery may reasonably be expected, and it is customary to allow such patients to go into labour. Even where electi...