Volume : III, Issue : III, March - 2013

Chronic Uterine Inversion: A Rare Complication of Mismanaged Labour

Juneja Madhu, Gupta Mamta, Jain Rekha

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Uterine inversion is turning inside out of uterus. Most often it is the catastrophe of 3rd stage of labour¹ caused by improper obstetric management of the same. Reported incidence is 1:1584 to 1:20000 ¹.The diagnosis is based on 3 clinical symptoms: postpartum haemorrhage², shock and pelvic pain. The condition sometimes goes unnoticed & patient presents rarely a as case of chronic uterine inversion. We report a case of 23 year primipara who delivered 6 weeks back with grade 2 chronic uterine inversion after delivery at home.

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Juneja Madhu,Gupta Mamta,Jain Rekha Chronic Uterine Inversion: A Rare Complication of Mismanaged Labour Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.III March 2013

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