title: Cesarean delivery by posterior hysterotomy due to torsion of the pregnant uterus.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We describe a case of cesarean delivery by posterior hysterotomy in a woman with uterine torsion secondary to a blocked retroverted uterus.
  
  
  METHODS
  At 28 weeks of gestation this patient's fetus was found to have club feet, initially suspected to be secondary to sacculation of the posterior uterine segment. At cesarean delivery, intraoperative inspection revealed the uterus to be twisted 180 degrees without evidence of posterior sacculation. The uterine incision was performed on the posterior aspect of the lower uterine segment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fixed uterine retroversion with torsion is associated with fetal abnormalities and may require a posterior uterine incision.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France. olivier.picone@abc.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Picone
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fubini
authors.forename: Severin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doumerc
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frydman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020883:Hysterotomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000601:surgery*