objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence, type, location, and risk factors of accidental fetal lacerations during caesarean delivery. material and methods: total deliveries, caesarean deliveries, and neonatal records for documented accidental fetal lacerations were reviewed retrospectively in four university hospital. thegestational age, the presenting part of the f...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence of fetal laceration injury in cesarean delivery. METHODS A retrospective review was conducted using a computer-based data coding system. All neonatal records were reviewed for infants delivered by cesarean during a 2-year period. Maternal records were reviewed in those cases of documented fetal laceration injury. The Fisher exact test was used when indic...

BACKGROUND The fetal laceration is one of the most commonly identified injuries at the caesarean delivery. The incidence in the literature has been reported to be as high as 3%. The management of such injuries has remained a perplexing problem for both the physician and the parents. MATERIALS AND METHODS We present a case of a newborn who accidentally sustained laceration over the face during...

Aims: Spinal analgesia is the most common method that provides pain relief during labor and controversy exists about its effect on the maternal and fetal among the women. This study was conducted to determine the effect of intrathecal analgesia (ITA) on perineal laceration, duration of the first, second, and third stage of labor, and Apgar score. Materials & Methods: Fifty primipara parturien...

Injuries unique to pregnant occupants involved in motor-vehicle crashes include placental abruption, uterine rupture or laceration, and direct fetal injury. The mechanisms and characteristics of these injuries are discussed using examples from a literature review and from recent investigations of crashes involving pregnant occupants. In addition, a review of the relationship between the pregnan...

Complete experimental spinal cord (SC) laceration, besides paraplegia, involves various somatic and autonomic dysfunctions which can cause death within days or a few weeks after lesioning (Das, 1989). After SC injury, the neural damage occurs beyond the lesioned site, involving the neighboring tissue through multiple secondary metabolic (Kao, 1977; Balentine, 1988), excitotoxie (Faden, 1988), a...

287 LAPAROTOMY The abdomen was opened through a paramedian incision alongside the previous scar. On reaching the peritoneum it was found only in the uppermost third of the incision. The lower two-thirds was extraperitoneal and occupied by a grossly distended bladder, which was drawn up towards the umbilicus. The peritoneal cavity was opened and the incision extended upwards. The lower segment s...

BACKGROUND We sought to investigate the impact of the duration of second stage of labor on risk of severe perineal lacerations (third and fourth degree). METHODS This population based cohort study was conducted in the Stockholm/Gotland region, Sweden, 2008-2014. Study population included 52 211 primiparous women undergoing vaginal delivery with cephalic presentation at term. Unconditional log...