Abstract
AbstractThis report concerns the findings in 3 fatal cases of third‐degree prolapse of the uterus with pronounced hydronephrosis. The cause of the urinary obstruction in patients with prolapsus uteri seems to be compression of the ureters by the plexus of thickened uterine vessels which are stretched abnormally by the prolapsed cervix. This compression usually occurs at the point where the ureters and the blood vessels lie athwart one another in the base of the broad ligament.Early correction of uterine prolapse is advocated because, even in longstanding cases, it may result in regression of the ureteral dilatation and thus prevent pyelonephrosis or uremia.
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