Cesarean scar niche, fertility and uterine rupture during labor–A retrospective study

N Cohen, L Arush, G Younes, O Lavie… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To determine how does a uterine niche diagnosed prior to conception, affects
future fertility and obstetrical outcomes, in a group of patients with secondary infertility …

Why do niches develop in Caesarean uterine scars? Hypotheses on the aetiology of niche development

A Vervoort, LB Uittenbogaard… - Human …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Caesarean section (CS) results in the occurrence of the phenomenon 'niche'. A
'niche'describes the presence of a hypoechoic area within the myometrium of the lower …

Prevalence, potential risk factors for development and symptoms related to the presence of uterine niches following Cesarean section: systematic review

AJM Bij de Vaate, LF Van der Voet… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To review systematically the medical literature reporting on the prevalence of a
niche at the site of a Cesarean section (CS) scar using various diagnostic methods, on …

Prospective evaluation of the ultrasound signs proposed for the description of uterine niche in nonpregnant women

N Feldman, R Maymon, E Jauniaux… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To evaluate the new ultrasound‐based signs for the diagnosis of post‐cesarean
section uterine niche in nonpregnant women. Methods We investigated prospectively a …

Uterine niche after cesarean section: a review of diagnostic methods

J Budny-Winska, M Pomorski - Ginekologia Polska, 2021 - journals.viamedica.pl
The consequence of each cesarean section is the uterine scar formation. In some patients,
uterine scar after cesarean section heals incompletely and as a result, the uterine niche is …

[HTML][HTML] How to perform standardized sonographic examination of uterine niche in non‐pregnant women

C Verberkt, IPM Jordans, T Van den Bosch… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background A 'niche'is defined by the European Niche Taskforce as an indentation of the
uterine myometrium at the site of the Cesarean section (CS) scar with a depth of at least 2 …

Transvaginal sonographic evaluation of cesarean section scar niche in pregnancy: a prospective longitudinal study

E Savukyne, E Machtejeviene, S Paskauskas… - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of a Cesarean section (CS) scar
niche during pregnancy, assessed by transvaginal ultrasound imaging, and to relate scar …

Reproducibility of three-dimensional ultrasound for the measurement of a niche in a caesarean scar and assessment of its shape

AJMB de Vaate, IH Linskens, LF van der Voet… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the inter-and intraobserver agreement for measurement of the size
and volume of a niche and assessment of the shape, with the use of three-dimensional (3D) …

The association between uterine scar defect (niche) and the presence of symptoms

A Mohr-Sasson, T Dadon, A Brandt, M Shats… - Reproductive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Research question Is there association between the presence of a uterine niche and the
presence of symptoms? Design This cross-sectional study was conducted at a single tertiary …

Reproductive outcomes after laparoscopic resection of symptomatic niches in uterine cesarean scars: Long‐term follow‐up on the prospective LAPNICHE study

J Vissers, WJK Hehenkamp… - Acta obstetricia et …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction After incomplete healing of the uterine cesarean section scar, a niche can be
observed; 24% of the women develop large niches with a residual myometrial thickness< 3 …