Baba Tsuyoshi, Morishita Miyuki, Nagata Masami, Yamakawa Yasushi, Mizunuma Masahiro
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kitami Red Cross Hospital, Kitami, Japan.
Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2005 Jun;272(1):82-3. doi: 10.1007/s00404-004-0662-6. Epub 2004 Jul 23.
A 28-year-old woman presented with massive postpartum hemorrhage. Laparotomy revealed a cesarean scar dehiscence due to wound infection.
Although postpartum hemorrhage due to cesarean scar dehiscence is an unusual complication, practitioners should add dehiscence to their differential diagnoses.