THIRD TRIMESTER UTERINE SCAR ASSESSMENT TO PREDICT UTERINE RUPTURE. LITERATURE REVIEW AND CLINICAL CASES

Abstract

he rate of cesarean delivery has increased worldwide and the rates of vaginal delivery after cesarean have increased steadily. Patients undergoing vaginal birth after previous cesarean have a risk for uterine rupture during labour, as complications for a mother and her newborn. Sonographic assessment of uterine scar is a cheap, non invasive option to evaluate a uterine scar during pregnancy. Here, I review the literature regarding third– trimester ultrasonographic assessment of uterine scar and two clinical cases.