[Uterine rupture and infant mortality].

The paper reports on nine metrorrhexes corresponding to a percentage of 0,056 in the overall number of births. The respective obstetrical anamneses and diagnoses are discussed. Perinatal mortality amounts to 66,7%, maternal deaths did not occur. It is concluded that metrorrhexis has not lost its risks in view of child prognosis, but today's importance of prospective obstetrics enables us to exclude factors causing a rupture to a high degree.