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Intraoperative ultrasound during repeat cesarean delivery facilitates sampling of uterine scar tissue

2022; De Gruyter; Volume: 51; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1515/jpm-2022-0334

1619-3997

Alexander Paping, Clara Basler, Kerstin Melchior, Loreen Ehrlich, Mario Thiele, Georg N. Duda, Wolfgang Henrich, Thorsten Braun,

Pregnancy-related medical research

Histological examination of uterine scars provides insight into uterine wound healing and helps to develop prevention methods of uterine wall rupture after previous uterine surgery. Therefore, exact intraoperative scar identification is needed for specimen collection from the actual scar tissue. The aim of this study was to correlate pre- and intraoperative ultrasound measurements of the lower uterine segment (LUS) with histological findings of scar tissue and to evaluate the relevance of intraoperative ultrasound.