Prospective Evaluation of the Ultrasound Signs Proposed for the Description of Uterine Niche in Nonpregnant Women. Issue 10 (October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Feldman, Noa; Maymon, Ron; Jauniaux, Eric; Manoach, Danielle; Mor, Matan; Marczak, Ewa; Melcer, Yaakov
• Is Part Of: Obstetrical & gynecological survey. Volume 77:Issue 10(2022)
• Page Start: 572
• Page End: 574
• Publication Date: 2022-10
• Subjects: Obstetrics -- Periodicals; Gynecology -- Periodicals; Generative organs, Female -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 618
• DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000892132.47075.ee
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0029-7828

Abstract

Abstract : (Abstracted from J Ultrasound Med 2022;41:917–923) As cesarean delivery (CD) rates have exponentially increased worldwide during the last 2 decades, the development of a "niche, " or a CD scar defect (also called isthmocele), has arisen as a key factor associated with secondary gynecological and obstetrical complications. In terms of subsequent pregnancies, these defects have been indirectly associated with increased rates of placenta accreta, iatrogenic obstetric complications, and preterm birth.