Iniencephaly Causing Obstructed Labour

Acardiac acephalic twin causing obstructed labour.

Obstructed labour: the preventable factors.

Sixty-two cases of obstructed labour were reviewed during 6 months at a district head quarter hospital, Faisalabad to highlight the prevalence of obstructed labour and ascertain how to manage and possibly avoid this complication with special emphasis on preventable factors. There were 1584 deliveries during this period giving an incidence of obstructed labour as one in 25 deliveries. Five patie...

Incidence and management of rupture uterus in obstructed labour.

BACKGROUND Obstructed labour with ruptured uterus is a serious obstetrical complication with a high incidence of maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to find out the incidence of uterine rupture particularly in the patients of obstructed labour (OL), foeto-maternal outcome of such patients, and its management. METHODS This two year descriptive study was conduc...

Global burden of obstructed labour in the year 2000

Labour is considered obstructed when the presenting part of the fetus cannot progress into the birth canal, despite strong uterine contractions. It is more common in humans than in primates, because the birth canal of a woman is not as straight and wide as in primates. The most frequent cause of obstructed labour is cephalo-pelvic disproportion a mismatch between the fetal head and the mother's...

Acardiac Acephalus Fetus Presenting as Obstructed Labour: A Case Report

Mono-amniotic mono-chorionic pregnancies are un-common among twin gestations. Further twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence is extremely rare presentation. Acardiac acephalic fetus resulting as a result of TRAP sequence has an estimated incidence of 1 in 35,000 pregnancies. To the best of our knowledge, no such case has been reported till date which presented as obstructed labour. We...