Abstract |
A 32 year old woman, at the 23rd week + 3 days gestational age, was admitted to our institute for a therapeutic abortion decided because of an ultrasonographic diagnosis of anencephaly. This woman had already had a cesarean section caused by acute fetal stress during labor in 1992. We decided for a labor induction with prostaglandin analogues: we used gemeprost vaginal tablets and after injectable sulproste. During this treatment we observed increasing abdominal pain, slight genital haemorrhage, vanishing HFR, an elevated reduction of haemoglobin (7 g): so, we thought of a uterine rupture. During the intervention, we observed a conspicuous haemoperitonei caused by a complete yielding of the old hysterotomic suture at the cervix border; the placenta and its adnexals get out from the uterine breach and the fetus fluctuated in the abdominal cavity, also enclosed in his unruptured amniotic fluid. Post-intervention course was satisfactory and we discharged the patient during the 7th admission day. Our personal experience shows the importance of a careful monitoring of maternal and fetal conditions during labor induction, particularly in those cases in which a woman was already submitted to a hysterotomy, and especially when the use of different types of prostaglandin drugs may be necessary.
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Authors | L Calleri, D Gallello, C Taccani, A Porcelli |
Journal | Minerva ginecologica
(Minerva Ginecol)
1997 Jul-Aug
Vol. 49
Issue 7-8
Pg. 335-40
ISSN: 0026-4784 [Print] Italy |
Vernacular Title | Anencefalia associata a rottura di utero in corso di travaglio abortivo indotto. Caso clinico. |
PMID | 9380296
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Abortion, Therapeutic
- Adult
- Anencephaly
(diagnostic imaging)
- Female
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Parity
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
(etiology)
- Prostaglandins
(administration & dosage)
- Ultrasonography, Prenatal
- Uterine Rupture
(etiology)
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