Pregnancy after uterine rupture: a report of 5 cases and a review of the literature.
Management and outcome of 5 cases of pregnancy after uterine rupture are discussed. All women in these cases were delivered by cesarean delivery and no repeat ruptures occurred. After reviewing the literature, it is concluded that women with a previous uterine rupture have a favorable outcome in a subsequent pregnancy. With a rupture in a lower segment scar, an elective cesarean delivery should be performed before labor starts after assessing fetal lung maturity or administration of corticosteroids.


BACKGROUND
Obstetricians & Gynecologists, Family Physicians.


OBJECTIVE
After completion of this article, the reader should be able to describe the risk associated with a subsequent pregnancy after a previous uterine rupture, summarize the complications of uterine rupture during a subsequent pregnancy, and to list the treatment plans for a patient in a subsequent pregnancy after uterine rupture.
Lim
Arianne C
AC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Kwee
Anneke
A
Bruinse
Hein W
HW
D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000517:prevention & control*