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Rupture of the uterus in full-term pregnancy
T J Hassan1, R Korejo, S N Jafarey
1Pakistan Medical Research Council, Research Centre, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi.
JPMA. the Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
Of 48,519 deliveries conducted at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) over 7 years (January, 1986 to December, 1992), 257 were of ruptured uterus, giving a rate of one in 189 deliveries. Main cause of rupture was obstructed labour. Maternal mortality was 3.9% and foetal mortality 88% in cases admitted with uterine rupture and 17.6% in rupture occurring within the hospital (JPMA 43: 172, 1993).