Acute uterine inversion: a simple modification of hydrostatic method of treatment.
BACKGROUND
Hydrostatic method for reducing acute uterine inversion is simple method, if advocated properly.


OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is to reduce the failures in technique in O'Sullivan's method in acute puerperal uterine inversion hence reducing maternal mortality and morbidity.


METHODS
This study was conducted over a f 6 year period s from 2007 to 2013. Women with acute uterine inversion immediately after delivered were included in the study. Repositioning of acute uterine inversion in six patients in emergency was done using trans-urethral resection of prostate set (TURP set), used in endoscopic resection of prostate, and two 3 L saline bags.


RESULTS
The repositioning was successful in all requiring no anesthesia.


CONCLUSIONS
This technique modification is improvisation of hydrostatic pressure with a trans-urethral resection of prostate set (TURP set) and 3 L saline bags and it is simple and effective and will definitely save women's lives; thus, reducing maternal morbidity and mortality.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Employees' State Insurance Corporation, Basaidarapur, New Delhi, India.
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Department of Orthopedics, Sharda University and Medical College, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Government Medical College, Chandigarh, India.
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Hydrostatic method; Trans-urethral resection of prostate set; Uterine inversion