Laparoelytrotomy: An inadvertent complication of cesarean section in advanced labor

• Main Authors: Keerthana Kothandaraman, P V Midhuna, Dilip Kumar Maurya, Anish Keepanasseril
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
• Series: International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research
• Subjects: Advanced labor; cesarean section; laparoelytrotomy
• Online Access: http://www.ijamhrjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2349-4220;year=2018;volume=5;issue=1;spage=34;epage=35;aulast=Kothandaraman

Laparoelytrotomy refers to the inadvertent delivery of the fetus through transverse incision over the vagina during a cesarean section. It is found to be associated with increased risk of maternal morbidity. Being an unintended, complication of cesarean section in advanced labor; it can be avoided by proper planning of the uterine incision. We report a case of inadvertent laparoelytrotomy during cesarean section for cephalopelvic disproportion in the second stage.