Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Uterus

The uterus, or womb, is a hollow, muscular organ in the female pelvis, situated between the bladder and the rectum. It is central to reproduction, providing the site where a fertilised egg implants and a fetus grows and develops during pregnancy. Its thick muscular wall, the myometrium, lined internally by the endom…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 128× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

The uterus, or womb, is a hollow, muscular organ in the female pelvis, situated between the bladder and the rectum. It is central to reproduction, providing the site where a fertilised egg implants and a fetus grows and develops during pregnancy. Its thick muscular wall, the myometrium, lined internally by the endometrium, expands greatly during gestation and contracts powerfully during labour to expel the baby, while the endometrium undergoes cyclical changes throughout the menstrual cycle. The uterus is also subject to a range of disorders, including structural anomalies, benign and malignant tumours, and complications of pregnancy. The peer-reviewed research collected here addresses several of these uterine and obstetric conditions. Case reports describe a live pregnancy in the non-communicating horn of a unicornuate uterus complicated by placenta percreta, and placenta previa in a patient with a previous caesarean delivery, both illustrating high-risk abnormalities of implantation and uterine structure. Another study reports the identification of somatic mutations in interferon-gamma signalling molecules in human uterine leiomyosarcoma, a malignant tumour of the uterine muscle. Together these open-access articles span congenital, obstetric, and oncologic aspects of uterine disease relevant to medical and surgical care.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2017

The Evolution of Fetal Surgery

Knezevich MichelleCorresponding author
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Exact topic Fetal Surgery doi:10.14302/issn.2997-2086.jfs-17-1663

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 128 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Uterus, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Medical and Surgical Urology.

Journal editorial board
Paul Rusilko · United States Ilke Beyitler · Cyprus Rifat Hamoudi · United Arab Emirates

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