Letter to Editor: Impact of labor on uterine scar healing

• Authors: Stéphanie Roberge , Emmanuel Bujold
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Ultrasound of uterine scar after cesarean and measurement of its thickness can be used to evaluate its healing and risk factors for scar defect and uterine rupture. However, we believe that a period of up to 6 months after surgery is necessary to achieve complete healing of the scar, especially in cases of cesarean performed during labor.

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 434-435

Dates

published

1 - 8 - 2013

online

12 - 6 - 2013

Contributors

author

Stéphanie Roberge

• Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Qc, Canada

author

Emmanuel Bujold

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-012-0140-7