Prevention of bladder damage during repeated caesarean sections

Abstract

Repeated cesarean section operations are becoming a daily practice in obstetric institutions of the 2nd and 3rd groups. With each subsequent operation, due to adhesions or infectious complications (obstetric peritonitis), the risks of injuries to organs adjacent to the uterus increase. Objective: development of a method for preventing to the bladder injury during repeated cesarean section operations. Materials and methods: Prospective cohort studies were performed in 320 patients with the scar after Caesarean Section who underwent a repeated cesarean section: 186 patients were operated in plan and 134 in urgent situation. All patients had given the hydropreparation of paravesical tissue by 0.5 % solution of novocaine 20 ml, which was injected under the vesicouterine fold from the side of the round ligaments for the prevention injury of bladder. Statistical processing was carried out using the Statistica 13 package. Results and discussion: With partial mobilization of the posterior wall, bladder injury in group 1 was in 2 patients, in group 2 in 4 patients (2 = 1.544, p = 0.215). The injury of the bladder walls in group 2 occurred in patients operated on for obstetric peritonitis and was caused by pronounced infiltration of paravisical tissue and inflammatory changes in the lower segment of the uterus. Conclusions: The developed method by hydropreparation the paravesical tissue allows minimizing the number of bladder injuries with a pronounced adhesive process in the lower segment of the uterus or tissue infiltration with purulent-inflammatory complications.