Bucket-handle uterine rupture during second-trimester medication abortion, a rare form of rupture of the lower uterine segment and vaginal fornix: a case report

Ferid A. Abubeker, MD; Abraham Fessehaye, MD; Mekdes Daba Feyssa, MD,MPH; Sarah Prager, MD,MAS

Contraception: X (Jan 2020)

Bucket-handle uterine rupture during second-trimester medication abortion, a rare form of rupture of the lower uterine segment and vaginal fornix: a case report

Ferid A. Abubeker, MD,
Abraham Fessehaye, MD,
Mekdes Daba Feyssa, MD,MPH,
Sarah Prager, MD,MAS

Affiliations

Ferid A. Abubeker, MD: Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Corresponding author.
Abraham Fessehaye, MD: Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mekdes Daba Feyssa, MD,MPH: Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sarah Prager, MD,MAS: Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; University of Washington, School for Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2
p. 100025

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A bucket-handle uterine rupture, a rare form of uterine rupture involving the posterior lower uterine segment and posterior vaginal fornix, occurred in a primigravid woman at 23 weeks of gestation during successful medication abortion.

Published in Contraception: X

ISSN: 2590-1516 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/contraception-x

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