Breast cancer is the commonest cancer in women in Nigeria. Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer (PABC) is breast cancer occurring in pregnancy up to one year after delivery. Due to some misconceptions, mistakes occur in the management of these patients leading to poor outcomes. There may be difficulties in...
Background: The upward trend of caesarean section and its associated morbidity/mortality especially in low- and middle-income areas make regular appraisal of the procedure necessary.
Objective: To evaluate caesarean section; its rate, indications, and maternal and fetal outcomes in Asaba.
Methods: A retr...
Obstetric spinal anaesthesia is routinely used in South African district hospitals for caesarean sections, providing better maternal and neonatal outcomes than general anaesthesia in appropriate patients. However, practitioners providing anaesthesia in this context are usually generalists who practise an...
Introduction. La pratique de césariennes est en augmentation constante dans le monde, soulevant la problématique de la gestion des femmes enceintes ayant un utérus cicatriciel. L’objectif de notre travail était d’identifier les facteurs significativement associés au succès de l’épreuve utér...
This study’s aim was to estimate the prevalence and maternal age and other risk factors of miscarriage among Sudanese women. Across-sectional study was conducted at the Saad Abuelela Tertiary Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, from February to December 2019.
Sociodemographic, obstetric and clinical data were...
Gueye, Mamour;
Diallo, Moussa;
Mame, Diarra Ndiaye;
Mbodji, Aissatou;
Wade, Mouhamadou;
Sene, Mouhamet;
Djiby Dia, Aliou;
Sow, Pahté;
Tall Gueye, Aminata;
Magatte, Mbaye.
The objectives of this study were to compare perinatal outcomes in twin pregnancies where the first twin was in the breech presentation. To do so, we performed a 10-year retrospective cohort study in a single university center. All patients with a twin pregnancy with the first twin in breech presentation...
Despite extensive work on macrosomia, it is impossible to predict women at risk. Current prediction strategies which include clinical examination and ultrasound are imprecise. This study aims to determine the risk factors associated with macrosomia. It was a descriptive, retrospective chart review of wom...
Context and objectives. In Ghana, CS rates have increased by 2% since 2014 even though the World Health Organization has called for the procedure only for medically justifiable cases. Provider payment mechanisms such as capitation have been used to moderate CS rates in some settings. We explored the eff...
During 2007 we were invited at different times to review and manage four women with ureterovaginal fistula following caesarean section performed in different rural hospitals. We describe our experience of a simple technique of diagnosis and management of these indigent patients in a resource-constrained ...
