Diseases

Uterine Rupture

A complete separation or tear in the wall of the UTERUS with or without expulsion of the FETUS. It may be due to injuries, multiple pregnancies, large fetus, previous scarring, or obstruction.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A complete separation or tear in the wall of the UTERUS with or without expulsion of the FETUS. It may be due to injuries, multiple pregnancies, large fetus, previous scarring, or obstruction.

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3 entry terms
  • Rupture, Uterine
  • Ruptures, Uterine
  • Uterine Ruptures

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32 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

spontaneous or traumatic but do not coordinate with RUPTURE or RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS

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  1. C12.050.351.500w.852.904w
  2. C12.050.703w.420w.904w
  3. C12.100w.250w.852.904w
  4. C26w.761.853w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Uterine Rupture. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014597. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014597
  2. Uterine Rupture. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterine_rupture
  3. Uterine Rupture. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901433