妊娠と小児の健康に関するジャーナル

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Rupture of Uterus in Mid Trimester of Pregnancy: A Case Series & Review of Literature

Chanderdeep Sharma, Manupriya Sharma, Anjali Soni, P K Soni, Amit Gupta and Suresh Verma

With the increasing rates of cesarean section (CS) worldwide, pregnant women with previous CS are also rising at an alarming rate. This is leading to increase in previously rare complications of pregnancy e.g. cesarean scar pregnancy, placenta accreta and rupture uterus. One such complication is mid trimester rupture of uterus, which previously used to be a rare possibility. Now a day’s more and more pregnant women are presenting in shock in mid trimester of pregnancy. Hence, this case series is being reported to highlight this complication of pregnancy and to remind managing obstetricians and sonologists regarding these rare possibilities which should be kept in mind while doing routine sonographic assessment of pregnant women, so as to prevent catastrophe of rupture uterus.