Third trimester assessment of the uterine scar in women with prior caesarean: what is the evidence?
(2015) In Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology- Abstract
- The increasing rate of caesarean delivery is a worldwide concern. A major contributor to this evolution has been a concomitantly decline in vaginal birth after caesarean, because of the risk of intrapartum uterine rupture, which is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication of a trial of labour after caesarean (TOLAC). On the other hand, elective repeat caesarean is associated with surgical complications and risk of abnormal placentation (e.g. placenta accreta) in subsequent pregnancies. Therefore TOLAC is recommended to women with good prognosis of success and low risk of uterine rupture. The published data suggest that sonographic assessment of lower uterine segment in third trimester could potentially play an important role in the... (More)
- The increasing rate of caesarean delivery is a worldwide concern. A major contributor to this evolution has been a concomitantly decline in vaginal birth after caesarean, because of the risk of intrapartum uterine rupture, which is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication of a trial of labour after caesarean (TOLAC). On the other hand, elective repeat caesarean is associated with surgical complications and risk of abnormal placentation (e.g. placenta accreta) in subsequent pregnancies. Therefore TOLAC is recommended to women with good prognosis of success and low risk of uterine rupture. The published data suggest that sonographic assessment of lower uterine segment in third trimester could potentially play an important role in the prediction of uterine rupture in women with previous caesarean. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/8148825
- author
- Jastrow, Nicole ; Vikhareva, Olga LU ; Gauthier, Robert J ; Irion, Olivier ; Boulvain, Michel and Bujold, Emmanuel
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015-10-20
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- external identifiers
-
- pmid:26483275
- wos:000373915900002
- scopus:84963705844
- pmid:26483275
- ISSN
- 1469-0705
- DOI
- 10.1002/uog.15786
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a9badc35-0ee9-44c7-be4c-d6fcdefdddba (old id 8148825)
- alternative location
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26483275?dopt=Abstract
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 09:33:42
- date last changed
- 2022-02-21 01:20:08
@article{a9badc35-0ee9-44c7-be4c-d6fcdefdddba,
abstract = {{The increasing rate of caesarean delivery is a worldwide concern. A major contributor to this evolution has been a concomitantly decline in vaginal birth after caesarean, because of the risk of intrapartum uterine rupture, which is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication of a trial of labour after caesarean (TOLAC). On the other hand, elective repeat caesarean is associated with surgical complications and risk of abnormal placentation (e.g. placenta accreta) in subsequent pregnancies. Therefore TOLAC is recommended to women with good prognosis of success and low risk of uterine rupture. The published data suggest that sonographic assessment of lower uterine segment in third trimester could potentially play an important role in the prediction of uterine rupture in women with previous caesarean.}},
author = {{Jastrow, Nicole and Vikhareva, Olga and Gauthier, Robert J and Irion, Olivier and Boulvain, Michel and Bujold, Emmanuel}},
issn = {{1469-0705}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{10}},
publisher = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
series = {{Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology}},
title = {{Third trimester assessment of the uterine scar in women with prior caesarean: what is the evidence?}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/uog.15786}},
doi = {{10.1002/uog.15786}},
year = {{2015}},
}