OBJECTIVES A growing number of studies suggest that the incomplete healing of the CS scar in the uterus increase the risk of uterine dehiscence or rupture during subsequent pregnancies. Thus, the factors that affect wound healing should be evaluated. We aimed to determine whether the morphology of the CS scar in non-pregnant women after one elective CS was affected by the site of the uterine in...

Scar endometriosis is an infrequent type of extrapelvic endometriosis that is rather close together with obstetrical and gynecological surgeries. It is mostly confused with other dermatological or surgical conditions and delays the diagnosis. We report a case of a 50-year-old woman presenting with scar endometriosis 23 years after her last lower segment caesarean section. The epidemiology, diag...

BACKGROUND Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare ulcerative skin disease. The diagnosis is based on clinical features and excluding other causes of skin ulcers, as it does not have characteristic histopathology or laboratory findings. The etiology is poorly understood. Lesions can develop spontaneously, after surgery or after trauma. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 32-year-old woman with ...

From the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Christian Medical College & Hospital Ludhiana-141008 Correspondence to : Dr. Puja Puri, 295-Bx, Model Town Extension, Ludhiana-141002 Vaginal Birth after Caesarean Section (VBAC) has always remained a domain of controversies and dilemma in Obstetrics. Nearly 100 years ago it was believed that 'once a C-Section, always a C-Section'. The reasons for ...

Current belief in obstetric practice is that the scar of a classical Caesarean section is more prone to rupture than that of a lower segment Caesarean section and that for this reason elective repeat Caesarean should always be undertaken in subsequent pregnancies. This review of the history of management of women after a previous classical Caesarean section was prompted by the presentation of a...