[Disorders of genital positioning. Attempted definition and classification]

We propose to classify in one chapter the different troubles of positioning which the uterus can have. In its site the uterus normaly has an extrinsic positions situation and position. The situation can be defined on the sagittal plane of the pelvic curve by the level in height of the organ in relationship to the bony pelvis. The position of the uterus is a global localisation of the uterus in the antero-posterior and frontal planes. The uterus also has an intrinsic status for which we had to have two terms of definition, the one being attitude and the other "bearing". The attitude is determined by the general morphology of the organ and the bearing is determined by the angle that the uterus makes in relationship to the axis of the pelvic cavity. In this way we can define exactly any position the uterus may take abnormally within precise groups.