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Vaginal delivery in a woman with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. A case report
J M Ayoubi1, M Meddoun, P S Jouk
1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Grenoble, France.
The Journal of Reproductive Medicine
|July 20, 2000
Background:
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy is a muscular disease determined genetically. Few papers have been published on this disorder in pregnancy. Several authors reported on delivery by cesarean section because of the risk of dystocia.
Case:
A woman with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy had two pregnancies with normal vaginal delivery and follow-up. No obstetric complications related to the disease occurred.
Conclusion:
A trial of labor is possible in patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy if no obstetric contraindications exist.