Transvaginal Evisceration Following Uterine Perforation by Abortion Procedure: About a Case Treated at the Reference Health Center of Commune 1 of Bamako

Abstract

We report a case of bowel evisceration following uterine perforation after an abortive manoeuvre by unqualified personnel. After the procedure, there was abundant vaginal bleeding and a complication was encountered: small bowel evisceration approximately 1 metre long via the vagina, certainly following the seizure of these small bowels and their successive traction which led first to the uterine cavity, then the vagina and finally to the vulva. Given the author's fear, the patient was referred urgently for treatment. After a transfusion of two units of blood and a triple laparotomy, a 1 m resection of the small intestine with end-to-end anastomosis was performed; suture of the uterine perforation and curettage of the cavity. The patient was discharged from the centre 10 days after surgery. Conclusion: This case shows the clandestine nature of induced abortions, which are responsible for multiple complications, including visceral lesions and uterine perforations.