ULTRASONIC ANTEPARTUM ASSESSMENT OF A CLASSICAL CESAREAN UTERINE SCARAND DIAGNOSIS OF DEHISCENCE

Prior classic incision through the uterine corpus carries the most sig nificant risk of catastrophic uterine rupture and subsequent maternal and fetal morbidity or mortality. A trial of labor is not carried out in this group of patients, but the risk of uterine rupture exists duri ng the antepartum period An accurate and prospective method for diagno sing the presence of uterine defects or documenting their absence woul d be clinically useful. Our unusual case emphasizes the obvious need f or antepartum sonographic scans of the classic uterine scar, starting from the third trimester to term, using the high-frequency (> 5 MHz) t ransducer.