Analysis of variables affecting perinatal mortality: St. Louis City Hospital, 1969-1975.

A marked drop in perinatal mortality at St. Louis City Hospital No. 1 (SLCH) from 1974 to 1975 (39.

Pregnancy with bilateral ruptured benign cystic teratomas.

A case of intra-abdominal rupture of bilateral cystic teratomas in the first trimester of pregnancy is reported. Review of the literature revealed 22 cases of intraperitoneal rupture of benign cystic teratoma (1908 to 1971). In all of these cases only one ovary was involved, and the period of gestation was after the first trimester.

Acute puerperal inversion of the uterus in a primipara.

A rare case of uterine inversion immediately following delivery is reported. The uterus was successfully repositioned by a combined abdominal and vaginal approach.