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Prevalence of episiotomy and associated factors among women who gave birth at public health facilities in Jigjiga town, eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.

PLOS Global Public Health
IntroductionMaternal morbidity and mortality has remained a major public health concern worldwide. Basic emergency obstetric care is the primary intervention to prevent obstetric complications and maternal death.
Tamene Belay, Agumasie Semahegn, Haymanot Mezmur, Teshale Mulatu   +3 more
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Determinants of residual myometrial thickness after cesarean delivery: Comparative analysis of barbed versus conventional sutures—A sub‐analysis from the SPIRAL trial

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This sub‐analysis aimed to determine whether conventional suture‐associated risk factors for cesarean scar defect show similar outcomes with barbed continuous suturing, and to identify factors influencing residual myometrial thickness when using barbed continuous sutures.
Jota Maki, Hikaru Ooba, Tomohiro Mitoma, Hikari Nakato, Ayano Suemori, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shujiro Sakata, Sakurako Mishima, Akiko Ohira, Eriko Eto, Hisashi Masuyama   +10 more
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Change management – digitalisation of labor room: A mixed-methods study to assess the level of acceptance of ‘Arc Partograph’ application to go paperless in labor rooms

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X
Introduction: Delivery-related complications significantly contribute to maternal, fetal, and neonatal mortality, particularly in low-resource settings like India.
Gaurang Narayan, Alka Patankar, Daya Narayan, Tarun Kumar Suvvari, Anchit Chauhan   +4 more
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Observations related to chronologic and gynecologic age in pregnant adolescents. [PDF]

, 1984
A low chronologic age (less than or equal to 15 years) and low gynecologic age (less than or equal to 2 years) have been considered factors that increase medical complications among adolescent pregnant women. Gynecologic age (GA) is defined in this study
Felice, ME, Hollingsworth, DR, James, M, Shragg, P   +3 more
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Mid‐trimester patch repair of a large cesarean scar dehiscence in an incarcerated gravid uterus with successful pregnancy outcome – A case report and review of literature

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract We report a case of reposition and patch repair of an incarcerated uterus with threatened rupture of uterine scar dehiscence in mid‐trimester. This review summarizes surgical procedures and techniques in the management of uterine dehiscence and rupture in the second trimester with the aim to continue the pregnancy.
Elisabeth D'Costa, Irene Mutz‐Dehbalaie, Mara Mantovan, Johanna Tiechl‐Egle, Valeria Colleselli‐Türtscher, Christine Brunner, Christian Marth, Samira Abdel Azim   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Velamentous Cord Insertion in a Singleton Pregnancy: An Obscure Cause of Emergency Cesarean—A Case Report

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2012
Approximately 2% of low-risk pregnant women still require an emergency Cesarean section after the onset of labor. Because it is likely that half of these cases are associated with placental and umbilical cord abnormalities, it is thought that prenatal ...
Juliana Rocha, Joana Carvalho, Fernanda Costa, Isabel Meireles, Olímpia do Carmo   +4 more
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Characteristics Symptoms of Imminent Eclampsia: A case Referent Study from a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
\ud \ud Maternal mortality in developing coun- tries is unacceptably high with eclampsia being con- sistently among the top causes. As yet, primary pre- vention of this complication is not possible since causes of pre-eclampsia are largely unknown and ...
France, John, Muganyizi, Projestine S.
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Evidence to Suggest that Women’s Sexual Behavior is Influenced by Hip Width Rather than Waist-to-Hip Ratio [PDF]

, 2014
Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is an important ornament display that signals women’s health and fertility. Its significance derives from human development as a bipedal species.
Brewer, Gayle, Hendrie, Colin A., Simpson, Victoria J.   +2 more
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Prostaglandin dose and time to fetal expulsion after intrauterine fetal death at 22 to 28 gestational weeks in Sweden: A retrospective cohort study

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Prostaglandin regimens for induction of intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) <28 gestational weeks (GW) are unstandardized. We aimed to describe prostaglandin regimens for induction after IUFD and assess association between dose and time to fetal expulsion.
Fanny Berger, Eva Wiberg Itzel, Irene Sterpu, Margit Endler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnitude and predictors of obstetric complications during delivery among postpartum women in Ethiopia: evidence from PMA Ethiopia longitudinal survey

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Introduction The majority of pregnancy-related complications were preventable. However, the magnitude of complications during pregnancy and childbirth was high in sub-Saharan Africa.
Amare Mebrat Delie, Mihret Melese, Liknaw Workie Limenh, Dereje Esubalew, Nigus Kassie Worku, Eneyew Talie Fenta, Mickiale Hailu, Alemwork Abie, Molla Getie Mehari, Tenagnework Eseyneh Dagnaw   +9 more
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