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A transvaginal transducer, GE RIC6-12-D was used for the acquisition of volumetric datasets 18\u00a0\u00b1\u00a07\u00a0months postpartum. Uterine length (UL), cervical length (CL), niche length (L), niche depth (D), niche width (W), fibrosis length (FL), fibrosis depth (FD), residual myometrial thickness (RMT), endometrial thickness (EM), scar to internal os distance (SO), anterior myometrial thickness superior (sAMT) and inferior (iAMT) to the scar, and the posterior myometrial thickness opposite the scar (PMT), superior (sPMT), and inferior to it (iPMT) were measured. Logistic regression with odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals (CI) and ROC curves were utilized.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The proportion of patients with incident post-cesarean bleeding disorders and dysmenorrhoea was 36% (CI 32%, 40%) and 17% (CI 14%, 21%) respectively. Univariate logistic regression showed that only UL was associated with bleeding disorders [OR 1.04 (CI 1.01,10.7) <jats:italic>p <\/jats:italic>value 0.005], whereas dysmenorrhea was associated with RMT [OR 0.82 (CI 0.71,0.95) <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> value 0.008], SO [OR 0.91 (CI 0.86,0.98) <jats:italic>p <\/jats:italic>value 0.01], and RMT ratio [OR 0.98 (CI 0.97,0.99) <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> value 0.03]. Multivariate logistic regression for dysmenorrhoea including SO and RMT remains statistically significant with <jats:italic>p <\/jats:italic>values &lt;0.05 and area under the curve of 0.66.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>There is an association between sonographic appearance of CS scars and dysmenorrhoea. 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