[The assessment of uterine functional competence in pregnant women with a history of cesarean section: clinico-morphological comparisons]. / Otsenka funktsional'noi sostoiatel'nosti matki u beremennykh, perenesshikh v proshlom kesarevo sechenie: klniko-morfologicheskie sopostavleniia.

Clinical and morphologic determinants of uterine competence have been compared in 316 pregnant women with a previous cesarean section. The comparison identified populations with different functional states of the uterus. The findings suggested involvement of the lower uterine segment in the contractile function during a prelabor phase. Clinical, functional, structural and histochemical uterine abnormalities accounted for abnormal prelabor progress of these women.