Acute puerperal uterine inversion with successful manual transvaginal repositioning: A case report.

RATIONALE: Uterine inversion is a rare medical condition that is categorized as puerperal and nonpuerperal. Repositioning of uterine involution can be done manually or surgically, the latter of which involves abdominal manipulation and disruption of the integrity of the uterine wall, which can lead to complications for the patient in subsequent pregnancies, such as uterine rupture. PATIENT CONCERNS: We report a case of acute puerperal uterine inversion that was manually repositioned transvaginally. An ultrasonogram and reset schematic were also presented. A 23-year-old woman (gravida 1 para 0) was admitted to the hospital with a full-term pregnancy. DIAGNOSES: In the postpartum period, we found placental adhesions and uterine inversion into the uterine cavity, which was confirmed by bedside ultrasound. INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOMES: We administered analgesic, relieving uterine spasms, and antishock therapy along with manual stripping of the placenta and ultrasound-guided uterine repositioning. After successful repositioning the patient vaginal bleeding decreased rapidly and she was discharged 3 days after delivery. LESSONS: Early recognition, antishock therapy and prompt repositioning are key in the management of puerperal uterine inversion. We hope that this case will enable clinicians to better visualize the ultrasound imaging of uterine inversion and the process of manual repositioning.

Unilateral uterine artery embolization and Bakri tamponade balloon insertion in the treatment of acute puerperal uterine inversion: a case report.

BACKGROUND: Acute puerperal uterine inversion is rare but may cause massive postpartum blood loss due to uterine atony. Therefore, these patients must be diagnosed, and uterine replacement must be performed as soon as possible. However, in some cases, active bleeding due to uterine atony becomes uncontrollable, even though the uterine inversion itself is treated. In these cases, additional treatments, including surgical procedures, are needed. CASE PRESENTATION: A 41-year-old Japanese woman, gravida 1, para 0, was hospitalized for labor induction at 40 weeks and 3 days of gestational age. She had a vacuum-assisted delivery after 3 days of oxytocin administration, but acute uterine inversion occurred. Although replacement of the inverted uterus was successful by manual repositioning and Bakri balloon tamponade insertion, massive postpartum hemorrhage caused by uterine atony became uncontrollable. In this situation, since disseminated intravascular coagulation had developed, we used uterine artery embolization to stop the bleeding. After detecting the pseudo-aneurysmal sac and tortuous vessels of the right uterine artery, transcatheter right-sided uterine artery embolization was performed. Thirteen days after uterine artery embolization, she was discharged with no complications. CONCLUSIONS: In cases of disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by massive postpartum bleeding, uterine artery embolization may often be selected. In our case, since we performed angiography to detect the main bleeding site, the hemorrhage could be stopped with unilateral uterine artery embolization alone, without hysterectomy.

Postnatal inversion of the uterus - management in specific cases.

Inversion of the uterus is defined as the turning inside out of the fundus into the uterine cavity. According to the literature, uterine inversion occurs in 1/20,000 or even 1/1,584 deliveries. Mortality rates following acute uterine inversion were reported by some authors to have been as high as 80%. Therefore, it is very important to make an early diagnosis. The shorter the time between the moment of uterine inversion and its repositioning, the better the results of conservative treatment, and bigger chance of avoiding surgical management. The article presents two cases of patients hospitalised in 2010 - 2011 in the Gynaecologic and Obstetrics Department of the Regional Polyclinic Hospital in Kalisz, Central Poland, diagnosed with acute uterine inversion in accordance with the applicable classification. Surgical management was applied in one of the patients. The other patient was managed in a conservative manner. Both women were discharged from the hospital in a good general condition.

Unusual and delayed presentation of chronic uterine inversion in a young woman as a result of negligence by an untrained birth attendant: a case report.

BACKGROUND: Uterine inversion is a rare but known complication following parturition and may prove fatal due to neurogenic shock or postpartum hemorrhage if not corrected immediately. The incidence is variable, occurring in 1 in 2000 to 1 in 50,000 deliveries, as reported in the past. Nowadays, the incidence is declining due to better antenatal care and increasing institutional deliveries. However, in a developing country such as India, due to cultural and financial reasons, most of the deliveries are still being conducted by untrained birth attendants ("dais") who have sparse knowledge of oxytocic drugs. Hence, proper education and training should be imparted to the traditional birth attendants and local village health practitioners about the management of labor, placental delivery, timely diagnosis, and proper management of uterine inversion to avoid this grave complication. We report this case because only a limited number of such cases have been reported so far with delayed presentation of chronic uterine inversion 8 months after delivery as a result of the negligence of an untrained birth attendant. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a patient with chronic uterine inversion presenting 8 months after childbirth as a result of ignorance at the time of delivery. A 22-year-old P1L1 (Para 1 Live 1) Asian woman of Punjabi ethnicity presented to our institute with a progressively increasing painless vaginal mass along with blood-stained vaginal discharge for the last 6 months and progressive dyspareunia (pain during intercourse) for the last 5 months that had worsened with time. She had experienced a full-term normal vaginal delivery at home 8 months earlier with the assistance of an untrained birth attendant (dai). Her history revealed that she had an unduly prolonged second stage of labor and was given aggressive fundal pressure due to inadequate bearing-down efforts and had collapsed after delivery but was managed conservatively by an untrained birth attendant. A provisional diagnosis of chronic uterine inversion was made on the basis of vaginal findings of a globular mass protruding from the cervix and approaching the vagina with thinning of the cervix around the mass, forming a tight constriction ring, in addition to ultrasound findings. The patient's condition was corrected surgically using Haultain's approach. She had a satisfactory outcome and was discharged symptom-free. CONCLUSION: Awareness of this complication with timely diagnosis and prompt management can significantly minimize maternal morbidity and mortality, especially in a low- and middle-income country such as India, where 70-80% of deliveries still occur in a rural setting with untrained birth attendants.

Uterine Inversion: A Review of a Life-Threatening Obstetrical Emergency.

IMPORTANCE: Uterine inversion is frequently accompanied by postpartum hemorrhage and hypovolemic shock. Morbidity and mortality occur in as many as 41% of cases. Prompt recognition and management are of utmost importance. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review is to describe risk factors, clinical and radiographic diagnostic criteria, and management of this rare but potentially life-threatening complication of pregnancy. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: A PubMed, Web of Science, and CINAHL search was undertaken with no limitations on the number of years searched. RESULTS: There were 86 articles identified, with 25 being the basis of review. Multiple risk factors for a uterine inversion have been suggested including a morbidly adherent placenta, short umbilical cord, congenital weakness of the uterine wall or cervix, weakening of the uterine wall at the placental implantation site, fundal implantation of the placenta, uterine tumors, uterine atony, sudden uterine emptying, fetal macrosomia, manual removal of the placenta, inappropriate fundal pressure, excessive cord traction, and the use of uterotonic agents prior to placental removal. The diagnosis is almost exclusively clinical, and successful treatment depends on prompt recognition of the uterine inversion. Treatment options include manual and surgical replacement of the inverted uterus. There is no consensus regarding mode of delivery in subsequent pregnancies as reinversion in a subsequent pregnancy is unpredictable. However, if surgical replacement was required in the index pregnancy and involved an incision into the contractile portion of the uterus, cesarean delivery is a reasonable management option similar to that offered for a prior classic cesarean section. CONCLUSIONS: Successful treatment is dependent on prompt recognition. Management should include resuscitation of maternal hypovolemic shock, as well as repositioning of the inverted uterine fundus. RELEVANCE: Uterine inversion is a rare but potentially life-threatening obstetrical emergency.

[Uterine inversion: about a case]. / Inversion utérine: à propos d'un cas.

Uterine inversion is a rare but potentially serious complication of labour characterized by "glove-finger" introflexion of the uterine body protruding into the vagina or out of the vulva. This disease commonly occurs just after delivery and it is characterized by severe pain associated with hemorrhagic shock. The diagnosis is essentially based on clinical examination and must be immediate in order to allow quick reinversion before the formation of a constriction ring. Mortality rate is low if patients are early diagnosed and treated. Uterine inversion does not seem to affect the obstetrical prognosis. Contributing factors mainly include uterine hypotonia associated with fundal placenta causing depression of the uterine fundus in case of inappropriate maneuvers (pulling on the umbilical cord, uterine expression). Reinversion should be quick associated with resuscitation measures (shock resuscitation). It is based on several manual methods consisting of returning the uterus after possible muscle relaxants treatment (nitrated derivatives, betamimetics and general anesthesia). Failure results in surgical treatment using high or low approach. We report the case of total uterine reinversion during delivery by cesarean section.

Successful use of a Bakri Tamponade Balloon in the treatment of puerperal uterine inversion during caesarean section.

Acute puerperal inversion of the uterus is a rare life-threatening obstetric emergency, especially during caesarean section. We present the case of a 30-year-old patient with acute puerperal inversion of the uterus that occurred during placental removal. After a quick reversion of the uterus, an immediate postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) due to massive uterine atony was observed. This atony impacted the whole uterus, with a very thin uterine myometrium. The use of a Bakri Tamponade Balloon use allowed treating extreme uterine atony, immediately stop haemorrhage, and prevent a possible risk of immediate recurrence.

[Acute uterine inversion after delivery]. / Akutní inverze delohy po porodu.

OBJECTIVE: A case of acute inversion of the uterus after childbirth, in which we successfully perform a manual vaginal reposition of the uterus. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Krajská nemocnice Liberec, a.s.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Palacky University Hospital, Olomouc. OBSERVATION: Our case report describes acute post-partum uterine inversion of the second degree, which developed after delivery in a 36-year-old primigravida. The placenta was not delivered despite uterotonics administration, use of the Credé manoeuvre and controlled umbilical cord traction. We decided for manual removal of the placenta in general anaesthesia. After successful removal of the placenta, uterine inversion was diagnosed. Therefore, we immediately started with vaginal reposition and the manual reposition of the uterus successful. Total blood loss amounted to approx. 2500 ml and the patient fell into the shock state. Severe coagulopathy was diagnosed using rotational thrombelastography. We were able to stabilise the condition of the patient and on the eigth day after delivery she was discharged home. CONCLUSION: Uterine inversion is a rare complication of the third labour stage. Some obstetricians do not encounter this condition in their entire practice, but it can be cause of maternal mortality. Therefore, it is necessary that every obstetrician considers this possibility, knowing the risk factors and the therapeutic options in this critical situation.

Cardiac arrest following acute puerperal uterine inversion.

Although uterine inversion is a potentially life-threatening complication of childbirth, there are only six case reports of cardiac arrest due to acute inversion to date. We report a successful outcome in a patient with sickle cell disease who had a witnessed cardiac arrest due to acute puerperal uterine inversion. Revival from cardiac arrest and resuscitation was followed by manual repositioning of the uterus. She gradually recovered from the acute kidney injury that developed as sequelae of the cardiac arrest and subsequent circulatory shock. Awareness of this rare complication and timely intervention is the key to a successful outcome in these patients.

Intrauterine tamponade balloon use in the treatment of uterine inversion.

Uterine inversion is a rare but life-threatening obstetrical emergency that occurs when the fundus of the uterus prolapses through the cervix, hence turning the uterus inside out. In this case report, we present our experience using an intrauterine tamponade balloon for management of uterine inversion, and a review of the literature. The utility of an intrauterine tamponade balloon in cases of uterine inversion, especially when maternal medical conditions preclude the use of uterotonics, or reinversion is observed should be kept in mind.

Uterine Balloon Tamponade Device and Cervical Cerclage to Correct Partial Uterine Inversion during Puerperium; Case Report.

A healthy 26-year-old woman was noted to have residual uterine inversion after manual replacement of puerperal uterine inversion under general anaesthesia. This was corrected by the insertion of a balloon tamponade device. A cervical suture was applied to prevent ballooning of the device through the cervix. This little modification was immediately successful in preventing ballooning of the tamponade device. The whole idea was to overcome the need for a laparotomy. A review of the literature and the mechanism of action are discussed here.

Puerperal uterine inversion managed by the uterine balloon tamponade.

The uterine inversion is a rare and severe puerperal complication. Uncontrolled cord traction and uterine expression are the common causes described. We report a case of uterine inversion stage III caused by poor management of the third stage of labor. It was about a 20 years old primigravida referred in our unit for postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony. After manual reduction of the uterus, the use of intra uterine balloon tamponade helped to stop the hemorrhage. The uterine inversion is a rare complication that may cause maternal death. The diagnosis is clinical and its management must be immediate to avoid maternal complications.

Evaluation of healthcare professionals' understanding of eponymous maneuvers and mnemonics in emergency obstetric care provision.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether eponymous maneuvers and mnemonics taught for the management of shoulder dystocia, vaginal breech delivery, and uterine inversion were remembered and understood in practice. METHODS: A questionnaire was distributed to obstetricians and midwives collecting information about the HELPERR and PALE SISTER mnemonics. Three extended matching questions evaluated participants' knowledge of the correct maneuvers, with their matching eponyms, used in the management of shoulder dystocia, vaginal breech delivery, and uterine inversion. RESULTS: Of the 112 participants, 90% were familiar with the HELPERR mnemonic, with 79% using it in their practice. Of those who used it, only 32% could correctly decipher it (P = 0.032). PALE SISTER was mostly unfamiliar. The percentages of correct maneuvers used for managing shoulder dystocia, breech delivery, and uterine inversion were 84.6%, 58.3%, and 28.6%, respectively. However, the eponyms were correctly matched to their maneuvers in only 33.3%, 14.3%, and 0% of cases, respectively (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: The meanings of the mnemonics for obstetric emergencies were frequently recalled incorrectly. This, together with the poor correlation between knowledge of maneuvers and their eponyms, limits their usefulness and indicates that teaching should focus on learning without relying on mnemonics and eponyms.

Sonographic and MR features of puerperal uterine inversion.

Puerperal uterine inversion is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of a mismanaged third stage of labour. Early diagnosis is mandatory for proper management of the patient. Complete uterine inversion is a clinical diagnosis. However, incomplete uterine inversion is difficult to identify and warrants further workup. Sonographic evaluation, although a bedside procedure, may be confusing. The conspicuity of findings is much greater on MR examination than on ultrasound. Only a few diagnostic imaging findings in uterine inversion have been described in previous reports. We present the case of a 26-year-old woman who had a full-term vaginal delivery and presented after 20 days with acute urinary retention and mild vaginal bleeding. She was diagnosed as a case of neglected subacute incomplete uterine inversion. Both greyscale and Doppler sonographic and MR features of the case are described with an emphasis on better delineation of uterine and adnexal anatomy on MR imaging.

Puerperal uterine inversion in the Netherlands: a nationwide cohort study.

Puerperal uterine inversion is a severe but rare obstetric complication of yet unknown origin. In this two-year study we determine the incidence of this complication and we describe associated risk factors to expose its etiology. All cases of uterine inversion were included from a nationwide cohort study which contained all 98 hospitals with a maternity unit in the Netherlands. We reviewed the medical records of 15 patients, resulting an incidence of approximately 1 in 20 000 vaginal births. Fourteen cases (93.3%) were classified as low-risk pregnancies at booking. Nulliparous women were not overrepresented and the main associated factors were signs of prolonged labor followed by third stage manipulation. This study is the first population-based study for uterine inversion. With the reported associated factors and occurrence in women with a low-risk profile, we show that every birth attendant should be able to detect this rare but severe complication.