Uterine rupture in a primigravida with adenomyosis recently subjected to laparoscopic resection of rectovaginal endometriosis: case report

J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2008 May-Jun;15(3):360-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.10.011.

Abstract

A case of intrapartum, complete, low-posterior wall, transverse uterine rupture, complicated by uterine atony and treated by emergency hysterectomy in a primigravida with uterine adenomyosis who delivered vaginally at 37 weeks plus 5 days of gestation, 9 months after undergoing laparoscopic resection of rectovaginal septum endometriosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Endometriosis / complications
  • Endometriosis / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Rectum / surgery
  • Uterine Rupture / etiology*
  • Vagina / surgery