OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical characteristics of fertility and pregnancy in women with congenital uterine malformations and explore optimal treatments to improve the prognosis. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted on the fertility and obstetric outcome in 153 patients with uterine malformations treated in our hospital from January 1984 to December 1998. Twenty-seven cases with other kinds of genital and/or urinary anomalies but with normal uterus during the same period were enrolled as the control group. RESULTS: The infertility rate was 26.6% (34/128), the miscarriage rate 44.3% (86/194), premature birth rate 9.3% (18/194), abnormal fetal presentation rate 28.4% (29/102), the cesarean section rate 61.8% (63/102), and the perinatal mortality rate 11.8% (12/102). CONCLUSION: Women with congenital uterine malformation usually have higher incidence of infertility and complications during pregnancy and delivery. Bicornuate and septate uterus can be associated with poor obstetric outcome.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical characteristics of fertility and pregnancy in women with congenital uterine malformations and explore optimal treatments to improve the prognosis. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted on the fertility and obstetric outcome in 153 patients with uterine malformations treated in our hospital from January 1984 to December 1998. Twenty-seven cases with other kinds of genital and/or urinary anomalies but with normal uterus during the same period were enrolled as the control group. RESULTS: The infertility rate was 26.6% (34/128), the miscarriage rate 44.3% (86/194), premature birth rate 9.3% (18/194), abnormal fetal presentation rate 28.4% (29/102), the cesarean section rate 61.8% (63/102), and the perinatal mortality rate 11.8% (12/102). CONCLUSION:Women with congenital uterine malformation usually have higher incidence of infertility and complications during pregnancy and delivery. Bicornuate and septate uterus can be associated with poor obstetric outcome.
Authors: Y Y Chan; K Jayaprakasan; J Zamora; J G Thornton; N Raine-Fenning; A Coomarasamy Journal: Hum Reprod Update Date: 2011-06-24 Impact factor: 15.610
Authors: Yves Idi Isango; Olivier Mukuku; Paul Makinko Ilunga; Christian Ngama Kakisingi; Joseph Nsambi; Christian Kabamba; Guy Mutangala; Patrick Kiopine Mubinda; Julien Kimbala Journal: Pan Afr Med J Date: 2013-06-25