Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 1

Uterine Rupture with Gangrene of the Rectum Following a Criminal Abortion - Case Report

  • Author:
  • RG Yaliwal1*, LS Sangolli2, PS Malapure3, PB Jaju4, SR Mudanur5, R Baloorkar6, Shailesh Kannur7, PS Umbarje8
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Sep 17, 2022
  • Page Number: 145 to 147

1Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BLDE (DU)Shri BM Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India

2Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BLDE (DU)Shri BM Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India

3Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BLDE (DU)Shri BM Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India

4Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BLDE (DU)Shri BM Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India

5Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BLDE (DU)Shri BM Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India

6Professor, Department of General Surgery, BLDE (DU)Shri BM Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India

7Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, BLDE (DU)Shri BM Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India

8Junior Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BLDE (DU)Shri BM Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India

*Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BLDE (DU), Shri BM Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Smt Bangaramma Campus, Solapur Road, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India Email: ryaliwal@BLDEdu.ac.in Contact: +91 98451 52240

Online Published on 17 September, 2022.

Abstract

The Indian Government legalised abortion by the enactment of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy(MTP) Act 1971. This was done in the view to reduce the number of unsafe abortions and provide safe abortions services for women of the country. However, due to the patriarchal mindset of some people, unsafe practices of abortion to terminate the female fetus still exist. We report such a case of criminal abortion leading to traumatic uterine rupture and rectal gangrene

Keywords

Unsafe Abortion, Criminal, Mtp, Uterine Rupture, Rectal Gangrene