[Vaginal ultrasound in puerperium. Cervix and lower uterine segment on the 1st p. p. day and uterus 6 weeks post partum].
In this study it was tried to demonstrate the involution of the puerperal uterus vaginosonographically. A collective of 54 patients with uncomplicated delivery and afebrile, inconspicuous puerperium was vaginosonographically examined on the 1st day postpartum and also 6 weeks post partum. To describe the uterus in its whole entity on the 1st day post partum an abdominal sonography was carried out too. The vaginosonographic examinations showed on the 1st day post partum an average cervical length of 40.7 +/- 8.4 mm, a width of 31.2 +/- 4.0 mm and an internal os of 5.6 +/- 3.0 mm. The width of the lower uterine segment was 15.7 +/- 7.7 mm. The control examination after 6 weeks result in a cervical length of 31.2 +/- 4.0 mm, a width of 28.2 +/- 3.9 mm and an internal os of 3.1 +/- 1.1 mm. The reformation of cervix occurs rapidly and can be seen even on the first day post partum.
Eppel
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I. Universitätsfrauenklinik Wien.
Schurz
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Frigo
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P
Kudielka
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I
Asseryanis
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Reinold
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D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014599:Uterus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Vaginosonographie im Wochenbett. Zervix und unteres Uterinsegment am 1. p. p. Tag und Uterus 6 Wochen post partum.