Effective anatomical and functional status of the lower uterine segment at term: Estimating the risk of uterine dehiscence by ultrasound

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Gizzo, Salvatore ^a,d   Zambon, Alessandra ^a   Saccardi, Carlo ^a,b   Patrelli, Tito Silvio ^b   Di Gangi, Stefania ^a   Carrozzini, Monica ^a   Bertocco, Anna ^a   Capobianco, Giampiero ^c   D'Antona, Donato ^a   Nardelli, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d UOC di Clinica Ginecologica e Ostetrica   (Italy)

Author keywords

interdelivery interval; Lower uterine segment features; myometrial thickness; previous cesarean section; uterine dehiscence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LOWER UTERINE SEGMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MYOMETRIUM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERM BIRTH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS; UTERUS DEHISCENCE; UTERUS DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84873280245     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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