[The morphological characteristics of the cicatrix in repeat cesarean section]

It has been established that the cicatrix formation after a Caesarean operation is conditioned by various factors remaining to a large extent an individual reaction. Cicatrix structure, its vascularization, its relationship with surrounding muscular tissue and the presence or absence of inflammatory changes have their peculiarities. By a number of biopsies from the cicatrix area after a Caesarean operation we have tried to estimate the sufficiency of the cicatrix studying its morphological characteristics. For the investigation 2-3 biopsies on the average were taken from a total of 58 women. The histological and histochemical methods applied enabled us to determine quite precisely the quality of the cicatrix.