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Successful hemisterilization in a patient with uterus didelphus
Author(s) -
Børlum K.G.,
Blom R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90733-9
Subject(s) - medicine , uterus , sterilization (economics) , uterine horns , gynecology , obstetrics , pregnancy , biology , foreign exchange market , genetics , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange
Women with uterine malformations frequently present with reproductive impairment. This case addresses the opposite problem, a woman with uterus didelphus who conceived with ease. Following three consecutive cesarean sections in the left uterine horn, she was offered sterilization for medical reasons, but refused on religious grounds. As a compromise, she accepted unilateral tubal closure in order to force future pregnancies to the right uterine horn. She has now had three pregnancies with two cesarean sections on that side.