Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients With Prior Uterine Rupture or Dehiscence
Uterine rupture is a serious pregnancy complication associated with significant maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. For women with a history of uterine rupture, there is a risk of recurrence, ranging in the literature from 0-33%. Owing to this, some women with a prior uterine rupture are advised not to have more pregnancies. In 2014, we reported outcomes for 14 women (20 pregnancies) with a history of uterine rupture (clinically apparent, complete scar separation in labor or before labor) and 30 women (40 pregnancies) with a history of uterine dehiscence (incomplete uterine scar separation with intact serosa, sometimes referred to as a uterine window). In these 60 pregnancies, there was 0% severe morbidity and 6.7% of pregnancies had uterine dehiscence seen at the time of delivery. Subsequent to the 2014 publication, we have seen an increase in patients with a history of uterine rupture or dehiscence, and the objective of this Research Letter is to update our results with a larger sample size.
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