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Ultrasound and saline infused sonography as valuable tool to assess uterine integrity
Author(s) -
Robertson Meiri,
Tan Woo Syong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2205-0140
pISSN - 1836-6864
DOI - 10.1002/j.2205-0140.2013.tb00104.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , incidence (geometry) , ultrasound , pregnancy , obstetrics , uterine perforation , uterus , surgery , radiology , research methodology , family planning , population , physics , materials science , genetics , environmental health , biology , optics , punching , metallurgy
: Ultrasound is under utilised in assessing surgical complications such as uterine perforation resulting from surgical termination of pregnancy. Method : We found one report in literature using the following search words: pregnancy termination, uterus, perforation and ultrasound. 1 The risk of perforation is considered low but the true incidence is unknown. The reported incidence is largely based on self‐reporting and many perforations are not recognised. Conclusion : A South Australian study reported the perforation risk following a surgical termination as 0.05% in the first trimester and 0.32% in the second trimester (13–20 weeks).