Complete uterine inversion during caesarean section: A case report

Dimitrios Vavilis1, Dimitrios Tsolakidis, Dimitrios Athanatos

  • 1First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 'Papageorgiou' Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. vavilis@auth.gr.

Cases Journal
|August 30, 2008
PubMed

Inversion of the uterus through the uterine lower segment incision during a caesarean section is an extremely rare obstetric incident. It consists, though, an emergency complication that is potentially life-threatening, especially in cases of prolonged inversion, because haemodynamic instability and shock may occur. Prompt diagnosis and immediate uterine reversion are the key actions in the management of this serious complication.

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