title: Uterine unification procedures: post-operative obstetrical outcome.
abstract: Seventeen patients with different uterine anomalies underwent unification procedures for various indications. Preoperative obstetrical performance segregated them into three main groups: seven patients had only first trimester abortion (group A), seven patients had second trimester abortion with or without first trimester abortion (group B) and three patients were infertile (group C). Postoperatively, all seven patients in group A became pregnant with 100% viable pregnancy rate. Six patients in group B became pregnant (85.7%) and five (57%) had living children. All three patients with primary infertility (group C) became pregnant and two had living babies. The overall pregnancy rate was 94.1% and the viable pregnancy rate was 76.5%. Uterine unification procedures are recommended for patients with repeated first trimester abortions as well as for selected patients with infertility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hannoun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karam
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery