[Complete ureteral avulsion. Complication of vaginal delivery of an infant dying in utero during the second trimester of pregnancy].
The authors report a case of complete avulsion of the ureter occurring during the vaginal evacuation of a fetus that had died in utero in the second trimester. This case leads us to discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic measures that should be taken in this kind of situation. At present there are people who wish to increase the number of indications for second trimester terminations of pregnancy. As this is so, we wish to draw attention to a rare but very serious complication of late evacuation of the uterus, namely damage to the ureter.
D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D014513:Ureter / Q000293:injuries*
Avulsion urétérale complète. Complication de l'évacuation par voi basse d'une mort in utero du deuxième trimestre.