Cesarean scar defect: terminological aspects

Abstract

The review aim was to summarize information and to provide terminological analysis of the foreign and Russian literature on assessing the status of the uterine scar after a caesarean section, as well as to identify terms that are most appropriate to use out and during pregnancy, in childbirth and in the postpartum period.

Keywords

• inconsistency of uterine scar
• scar defect
• niche
• isthmocele
• cesarean section