ArticleFacts, views & vision in ObGyn2017
The value of postpartum ultrasound for the diagnosis of retained products of conception: A systematic review.
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- Effectiveness of office hysteroscopy for retained products of conception: insights from 468 cases.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Article
- Emergency and prophylactic uterine artery embolization in gynecology and obstetrics - a retrospective analysis.Radiology and oncology · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the Management and Outcome of Patients with Retained Products of Conception after Gestational Week 23+0: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Histopathological Results and the Outcome of Women Who Underwent Postpartum Evacuation and Pelvic Ultrasound Scan.Oman medical journal · 2023Article
- Uterine arteriovenous malformation (UAVM) as a rare cause of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH): a literature review.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2022Review
- How to Reach the Best Ultrasound Performance in the Delivery Room.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Review
- The RPOC long axis is a simple indicator for predicting the need of invasive strategies for secondary postpartum hemorrhage in either post-abortion or post-partum women: a retrospective case control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- The Importance of the Novel Postpartum Uterine Ultrasonographic Scale in Numerical Assessments of Uterine Involution Regarding Perinatal Maternal and Fetal Outcomes.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Emergent postpartum pelvic sonography.Emergency radiology · 2021Review
- Hysteroscopy and Retained Products of Conception: An Update.Gynecology and minimally invasive therapyReview
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Abstract
backgroundThe goal of this review is to evaluate the value of ultrasound for detection of retained products of conception (RCOP) after delivery.
methodsA systematic search was performed using 'postpartum', 'retained placenta', 'retained products' and 'ultrasound' resulting 82 publications, after screening titles and abstracts, 30 remained.
resultsOn gray scale ultrasound, one must be focus on a thickened endometrial echo complex (EEC) with a cut off value of 10 mm and on an intracavitary mass. If these features are not visible, RPOC is rare. However, these findings are neither specific nor conclusive for RPOC and can even be seen in a normal postpartum uterus. Detection of hypervascularity in a thickened EEC or intracavitary mass with color Doppler ultrasound is very sensitive for RPOC but still not specific nor can it exclude RPOC. MRI seems best in differentiating RPOC, arteriovenous malformations and gestational trophoblastic disease.
conclusionThere is no consensus on a standardised method for postpartum ultrasound. More research and standardization are necessary to differentiate of normal and pathological findings in the postpartum uterus.
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