Objective: Observational cohort study which aimed to explore the potential of electrohysterogram (EHG) analysis for detecting a uterine rupture during trial of labor after cesarean. The EHG propagation characteristics surrounding the uterine scar of six patients with a previous cesarean section were compared to a control group of five patients without a scarred uterus.

Methods: The EHG was recorded during the first stage of labor using a high-resolution 64-channel electrode grid positioned on the maternal abdomen across the cesarean scar. Based on simulations, the inter-channel correlation and propagation direction were adopted as EHG parameters for evaluating possible disruption of electrical propagation by the uterine scar.

Results: No significant differences in inter-channel correlation or propagation direction were observed between the group of patients with an intact uterine scar and the control group. A strong predominance of vertical propagation was observed in one case, in which scar rupture occurred.

Conclusions: The results support unaffected propagation of electrical activity through the intact uterine scar tissue suggesting that changes in the EHG might only occur in case of rupture.

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