{"id":3404,"date":"2020-05-21T03:51:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T03:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fetalradiology.in\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2020-05-21T03:51:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T03:51:21","slug":"lower-segment-caesarean-scar-how-to-measure-thickness-assess-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/?p=3404","title":{"rendered":"Lower Segment Caesarean Scar -How to Measure Thickness &#038; Assess Integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Author: <\/strong>Avni KP Skandhan, Aster MIMS, Kottakkal, Kerala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">The number of women having childbirth through a lower segment caesarean section (LSCS) is increasing each year. The LSCS scar can remain as a weaker part of the lower uterine segment and lead to an increased tendency to rupture in the subsequent pregnancies. Rupture of the LSCS scar is a possibility during an attempted Vaginal delivery in a woman who had a Caesarean section earlier. Ultrasound can help to determine the thickness and the integrity of the scar, which helps to plan the mode delivery of the baby. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> This video explains appropriate techniques to determine scar thickness and to assess the integrity of the scar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Lower Segment Scar Thickness\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fshzTNqrZ8s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Avni KP Skandhan, Aster MIMS, Kottakkal, Kerala. The number of women having childbirth through a lower segment caesarean section (LSCS) is increasing each year. The LSCS scar can remain as a weaker part of the lower uterine segment and lead to an increased tendency to rupture in the subsequent pregnancies. Rupture of the LSCS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,64],"tags":[78,31,91,90],"class_list":["post-3404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-health-education","category-video","tag-caesarean-scar","tag-pregnancy","tag-scar-integrity","tag-scar-thickness","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3406,"href":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions\/3406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetalradiology.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}