Abdominal Compartment Syndrome After Cesarean Section: A Case Report

The abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is rare event after caesarean section (CS). These complications may be due to musculoskeletal trauma and fluid accumulation. It obviously increases the morbidity and mortality rate.Case presentation: We present a 32-year old woman with abdominal compartment syndrome after caesarean section.Conclusion: The intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is a rare complication of CS. However delay in diagnosis and interventions can be irreversible damage. The physicians should be careful all signs after delivery. Conservative therapeutic strategy and decompressive laparotomy is definitive therapy

Keywords:

abdominal compartment syndrome , caesarean section , intra-abdominal pressure