Uterine Prolapse during Pregnancy: a Case Report
Novelty in Biomedicine,
Vol. 3 No. 4 (2015),
28 October 2015
,
Page 222-224
https://doi.org/10.22037/nbm.v3i4.8209
Abstract
Background: Pelvic organ prolapse is a common gynecologic condition in women that rarely occur in pregnancy and can complicate the pregnancy. A woman with prolapsed uterus in second trimester of pregnancy and her follow up are presented here.
Case Report: A 35-years old G2P1 woman with history of last normal pregnancy and successful vaginal delivery attended to emergency ward of hospital. She was in 14th week of pregnancy and had complain of acute urinary retention and vaginal bulge. She successfully is managed by application of pessary till an uneventful normal vaginal delivery.
Conclusion: Management of pelvic organ prolapse during pregnancy is based on patient symptoms. Application of pessary is treatment of choice in such patients. They need to regular follow up during pregnancy in order to control pessary and monitor the pregnancy complications.
- POP
- uterine prolapse
- vaginal pessary
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