SURGICAL INTERVENTION DURING OBSTRUCTED LABOUR: AN AYURVEDIC OUTLOOK

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...

A Case of Obstructed Labour by an Intra-Uterine Tumour

Civil Surgeon, Sagaing. A Burmese woman about 37 years of age, a multipara with five previous births, was admitted on 15th March, 1925, with severe and continuous labour pains and a history that she had been in pain for the last five days and had lost some blood at home; she had been attended by a Burmese midwife. On admission her general condition was good. On making an examination per vaginam...

Sonopelvimetry: An Innovative Method for Early Prediction of Obstructed Labour

Aim: To evaluate an innovative sonopelvimetry method for early prediction of obstructed labour. Methods: A prospective study was conducted in two centers. GPS-based sonopelvimetry, laborProTM (Trig Medical Inc., Yoqneam Ilit, Israel) devise, was used prior to labour in nulliparous women at 39 42 weeks gestation remote from labor. Maternal pelvic parameters, including inter-iliac transverse diam...

Acardiac acephalic twin causing obstructed labour.

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...