title: Reproductive impairment of women with unicornuate uterus.
abstract: The reproductive history of 18 women with a diagnosis of unicornuate uterus is reported. The study was conducted with retrospective analysis, and 7 patients with primary infertility were followed up for 1 to 6 years. Four patients had a cavitary noncommunicating horn, 12 a noncavitary rudimentary horn, and 2 no rudimentary horn. The cause of diagnosis was: primary infertility in 7 cases (39%), recurrent abortion in 6 (33%), obstetric complications in 5 (28%). Out of 7 patients that presented with primary infertility in 5 cases an associated reason was present. Twelve women had a total of 38 pregnancies, 21 (55%) ended in abortion, 3 in premature labour, 14 in term births, with a live birth rate of 39%. Of the 17 births 9 (53%) were in breech and 1 (1.6%), in transverse presentations and 11 (65%) were cesarean sections. Cervical cerclage, based on clinical or radiological indications, has been performed in 4 out 6 cases with recurrent abortion with improvement of reproductive performance in 3. Fetal survival rate passed from 0 to 83%. Reproductive impairment seems to depend equally on the difficulty in conceiving and on the reduced ability to carry a pregnancy to term.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica Base, University of Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maneschi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maneschi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fucà
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities*