Nicole Antonia Lamparello MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Susan Catherine Lee MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Alampady Krishna Prasad Shanbhogue MD, MBBS, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Neeraj Lalwani MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Christine O. Menias MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

1. Discuss the spectrum of postpartum (immediate and delayed) and long term complications following vaginal delivery. 2. Illustrate the characteristic imaging appearances of these complications on US, CT and MRI with emphasis on differential diagnosis. 3. Discuss the implications on management.

A comprehensive update on epidemiology, natural history, clinical manifestations, and imaging features of a wide spectrum ofcomplications associated with vaginal delivery with discussion on implications on management. Acute complications: obstetric trauma (perineal, cervical, vaginal lacerations, tears, uterine rupture), post-partum hemorrhage, endometritis, retained products of conception, uterine inversion, venous thromboembolic disorders, ovarian vein thrombosis/ thrombophlebitis, cardiomyopathy, amniotic fluid embolism. Chronic complications: gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, retained foreign body, uterine synechia, pelvic floor weakness/ prolapse (MR defecogram). Each year more than half a million women die worldwide as a result of complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. Imaging plays a crucial role in diagnosis and management of complications related to vaginal delivery. In select cases, interventional radiology provides an armamentarium of new therapeutic options for treatment of these complications.

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Lamparello, N, Lee, S, Shanbhogue, A, Lalwani, N, Menias, C, Acute and Chronic Complications of Vaginal Delivery: Role of Imaging and Implications on Management.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14005609.html