title: Laparoscopic correction of chronic uterine inversion.
abstract: A 24-year-old woman had chronic uterine inversion after failed manual reversion of acute uterine inversion following a full-term vaginal delivery. After 2 failed attempts at manual reversion under general anesthesia, operative laparoscopy was performed. After infiltration of the pubovesicocervical fascia with dilute adrenaline in saline solution and division of the uterovesical fold, the anterior cervix and uterus were incised vertically, the inversion corrected, and the incision closed in 2 layers with 1-0 polyglactin 910 interrupted sutures. Postoperatively, estradiol valerate was administered for 30 days. Repeat endoscopy 4 months later revealed a normal uterine cavity. Adhesions between the anterior uterine wall and the anterior abdominal wall were divided, and chromopertubation revealed bilaterally patent fallopian tubes bilaterally.
authors.affiliation: Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, India. drnagendras@hotmail.com
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Sardeshpande
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sawant
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Sardeshpande
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Sabnis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D019687:Uterine Inversion / Q000601:surgery*