UTERINE BLOOD-FLOW VELOCITY WAVE-FORMS DURING EARLY POSTPARTUM COURSEFOLLOWING CESAREAN-SECTION

Objective: To assess the change of uterine blood flow after Caesarean section. Study Design: Doppler flow velocity waveforms were acquired f rom the uterine arteries and small arteries near the myometrial wound detected by transvaginal power Doppler ultrasonography in 23 patients on the 3rd, 6th and 9th postoperative days. Results: The resistance in dex for the uterine artery did not show any change during the study pe riod, while that for the small arteries slightly decreased. Conclusion : Uterine blood flow resistance after Caesarean section did not show a ny change during the early postpartum period. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scienc e Ireland Ltd.