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Outcome of pregnancy and childbirth following laryngectomy
S Albrechtsen1, E Julseth, J Olofsson
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bergen, Norway.
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
|January 1, 1994
Abstract
Objects:
Pregnancy and delivery in two laryngectomized women.
Results:
One woman had a pregnancy complicated by hypothyroidism and stenosis of the tracheostoma, she was delivered by cesarean section. The other had an uneventful pregnancy and a spontaneous vaginal delivery.
Conclusions:
Individualized handling of the delivery. By modifying the technique of bearing down spontaneous vaginal delivery is possible.