Pregnancies in Women with a Previous Complete Uterine Rupture

Table 1

Characteristics of previous complete ruptures (n = 72).

	No.	(%)
Gestational age at rupture
20–24 weeks	3	4.2
25–30 weeks	5	6.9
31–36 weeks	9	12.5
37–40 weeks	34	47.2
≥41 weeks	21	29.2
Place of rupture
Lower segment	37	51.4
Outside lower segment	35	48.6
Vertical scar	9	12.5
Posterior wall	7	9.7
Fundus	6	8.3
Anterior wall	3	4.2
Anterior and posterior wall	2	2.8
Tubouterine angle/corneum/lateral	8	11.1
Time of occurrence
After labour start	58	88.6
Before labour start	14	19.4
Perinatal deaths	34	47.2
Stillbirth (excluding antepartum)	19	26.4
Neonatal deaths	15	20.8