Incidence of Unscarred Uterine rupture: A Prospective Four Years Duration Study Jaafar Shaymaa1,*, Yousif Itimad Muthanna2, Abdulraheem Ban Kadhim3 1Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering Department Faculty of Engineering, Al-Nahrian University 2Lecturer, Tikrit University, College of Medicine 3Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Al-Karama General Hospital *Corresponding Author: Dr. Shaymaa Jaafar, M.B.ch. B, C.A.B.O.G, F.I.C.O.G, Baghdad, Iraq, Email: shaimaashimary@yahoo.com
Online published on 4 June, 2019. Abstract Background Uterine rupture is a known catastrophic event in obstetrics, often resulting in both maternal and fetal consequences. This event occurs more in developing countries, with a varying global incidence. Objective To assess the incidence and the main causes of the rupture uterus. Patients and Method This was a four years prospective cross-sectional descriptive study done in 4 years duration, from the first of 2015 to the end of 2018, involving all cases of delivery at Al-Elwiah teaching hospital. The hospital serves as a major referral center for Obstetrics and Gynecology in Baghdad Al-Resafa, (n=32246) women who delivered at the hospital in this period. Results The women age between 15–40 years old, and out of 32246 of women who delivered in our hospital about (n=148) of cases was undergo ruptured uterus, giving a rupture rate of 4.6 per 1, 000 births, 44.6% (n=66) of these cases of rupture occurred in unscarred uterus (2/1000) and the rest with scared uterus. Most of the cases of unscarred rupture were aged between 26 and 35 years, and had parity of 3 or above. Conclusion The incidence of unscarred rupture uterus was (2/1000) and the main cause was multiparty and delivery by midwife. Top Keywords Unscarred uterus, multiparty, midwife, Al-Elwiah teaching hospital. Top |