title: Evisceration as fetal destructive operation: an art revisited.
abstract: Fetal destructive operation is a vanishing art today. In an era of increasing cesarean deliveries it has become a historic event. Incidence of destructive operation has varied from various Indian hospitals 0.09-0.28%. Evisceration is one of the rarest of all destructive operations, performed in cases of cephalopelvic disproportion with large fetal abdominal or thoracic tumors and fetal malformations, which are incompatible with life. Less than 50 cases of fetal evisceration have been reported in the literature so far. We are presenting a case of gross fetal abdominal malformation in a multigravida woman, which necessitated internal podalic version followed by evisceration and breech extraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, PGIMER, Chandigarh (U.T.), 160012, India, minurohilla@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Minakshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohilla
authors.forename: Neelam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: Purnima
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Vanita
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005333:Fetus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult