Case Report
Expectant Management Leading to Successful Vaginal Delivery following Intrauterine Fetal Death in a Woman with an Incarcerated Uterus
Table 1
Summary of cases of IUFD in the second or third trimester in women with an incarcerated uterus.
| Number | Author | Year | Age (years) | Gravida/para | GA at IUFD | Result of manual reduction | Delivery method |
| 1 | Van Beekhuizen | 2003 | 40 | 0/0 | 23 | Unsuccessful | Vaginal delivery after spontaneous rupture of the membranes | 2 | Van Beekhuizen | 2003 | 33 | 0/0 | 28 | Unsuccessful | Cesarean delivery | 3 | Matsushita | 2014 | 36 | 0/0 | 21 | Successful | Vaginal delivery after successful manual reduction | 4 | Current case | 2016 | 37 | 0/0 | 19 | Unsuccessful | Vaginal delivery after spontaneous reduction by expectant management |
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GA, gestational age (weeks); IUFD, intrauterine fetal death.
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