title: Successful pregnancy outcome after cesarean section in a case of gravid uterus growing in an incisional hernia of the anterior abdominal wall.
abstract: We herein report a case of a pregnant woman with previous cesarean section whose uterus herniated in an incisional hernia of the anterior abdominal wall at 34 weeks of pregnancy. Incarceration of the pregnant uterus in an incisional hernia is a rare but serious obstetric situation. Treatment is conservative till term followed by delivery and herniorrhaphy as was done in our case and it was associated with successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi-110002, India. jbsharma@eth.net
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wadhwa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*