Abstract

Objective: The unicornuate uterus is a rare uterine malformation which may results in complications like ectopic pregnancy, infertility, miscarriages, preterm delivery, malpresentations, intrauterine fetal demise. Case Reports: We hereby discuss five cases of unicornuate uterus with non-communicating rudimentary horn and their pregnancy outcomes in tertiary care centre over span of 2 years. All the five cases came at different gestation.Two patients were out-registered and came at term for delivery and unicornuate uterus was diagnosed intraoperatively. Other three cases were registered and had successful pregnancy outcome after proper antenatal care and monitoring. Conclusion: Though unicornuate uterus is linked with adverse pregnancy outcomes. In all these five cases we describe how proper antenatal care and monitoring has resulted in successful pregnancy outcome.

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