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A Normal Pattern Of Uterine Involution Using Symphysis-Fundal Distance, Abdel Latife H. M. Othman, Alaa M. Gomaa, Ibrahim A. S. Elnasr, Tarek M. Sayyed
A Normal Pattern Of Uterine Involution Using Symphysis-Fundal Distance, Abdel Latife H. M. Othman, Alaa M. Gomaa, Ibrahim A. S. Elnasr, Tarek M. Sayyed
Menoufia Medical Journal
Background Uterine involution is normally completed 6–8 weeks after giving birth. Despite the high variability in uterine involution from one to another parturient, indigent uterine involution has been found to be related to maternal illness. Objective The purpose of this study was to estimate the pattern of uterine involution through the use of symphysis-fundal distance (S-FD) to describe the normal pattern of uterine involution in terms of S-FD measurements. Patients and methods This was a prospective observational study conducted on 80 term primigravidae, who attended the labor ward of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Al Shohada Central Hospital and …