Acute puerperal uterine inversion. | [Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP • 2004]

Author(s):

1. Munawar Hussain: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan

2. Tahira Jabeen: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sobhraj Maternity Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

3. Nagina Liaquat: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sobhraj Maternity Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

4. Khurshid Noorani: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sobhraj Maternity Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

5. Shireen Zulfiqar Bhutta: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sobhraj Maternity Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract:

To determine the frequency, causes, clinical presentations, management and maternal mortality associated with acute puerperal inversion of the uterus. A cross sectional analytical study conduct at Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi, over eight years period from 1st January 1995 to 31st December 2002. All the patients who developed acute puerperal inversion of the uterus either in or outside the JPMC were included in the study. Patients of chronic uterine inversion were not included in the present study. Abdominal and vaginal examination was done to confirm and classify inversion into first, second or third degrees. 57036 deliveries and 36 acute uterine inversions occurred during the study period, so the frequency of uterine inversion was 1 in 1584 deliveries. Mismanagement of third stage of labour was responsible for uterine inversion in 75% of patients. Majority of the patients presented with shock, either hypovolemic (69%) or neurogenic (13%) in origin. Manual replacement of the uterus under general anaesthesia with 2% halothane was successfully done in 35 patients (97.5%). Abdominal hysterectomy was done in only one patient. There were three maternal deaths due to inversion. Proper education and training regarding placental delivery, diagnosis and management of uterine inversion must be imparted to the maternity care providers especially to traditional birth attendants and family physicians to prevent this potentially life threatening condition.

Page(s): 215-217

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Published: Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Year: 2004

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