2001
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(00)00387-8
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Delayed delivery of second twin in uterus didelphys

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“…In most reported cases, the external uterine contour was not visualised and the diagnosis of a true uterus didelphys was not confirmed; thus, many cases of ‘twin pregnancy in a double uterus’ are not truly dicavitary but represent twin pregnancies in a single horn in a bicornate uterus. To our knowledge, only 20 cases of dicavitary twin or triplet gestation in a didelphic uterus have been described in the literature 2–21 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In most reported cases, the external uterine contour was not visualised and the diagnosis of a true uterus didelphys was not confirmed; thus, many cases of ‘twin pregnancy in a double uterus’ are not truly dicavitary but represent twin pregnancies in a single horn in a bicornate uterus. To our knowledge, only 20 cases of dicavitary twin or triplet gestation in a didelphic uterus have been described in the literature 2–21 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Normal doğumda küçük, rijit bir serviks ve muskuler yapısı iyi gelişmemiş bir uterus nedeniyle doğum uzayabilmektedir (6). Doğum sürecinde 5-66 gün aralık ile önce bir tarafın sonra da öbür taraftaki bebeğin doğumunun gerçekleştirilebileceği ve uteruslarda kontraksiyonların asenkron başlayabileceği veya seyredebileceği bildirilmiştir (7)(8)(9). Bunun sebebi olarak uterusların fonksiyonel anlamda birbirlerinden bağımsız olması, doğumu başlatan mekanizmanın sistemikten çok lokal bir fenomen olması düşünülmektedir.…”
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“…These complications are explained by three mechanisms: decreased muscle mass, abnormal uterine blood flow, and cervical insufficiency. Twin pregnancies with a fetus in each cavity of a didelphys uterus are extremely rare, approximately 1 in 1,000,000 [5]. We sorted out in the literature 8 twin pregnancy cases which occurred on bicornis unicornis uterus with a fetus in each Figure 2.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%