Objective: To analyse the prevalence of myths related to trial labour after caesarian section (tolac) and vaginal birth (VBAC). Study Design: Cross-sectional Knowledge, Attitude Practice study. Setting: PNS Shifa Hospital Karachi; A Tertiary Care Centre. Period: January 2020 June 2020. Material & Methods: questionnaire was designed including demographic details; age, education level, socioe...

Enrollment in the Term Breech Trial was stopped on April 21, 2000 with 2088 enrollments out of the proposed trial of 2800. The Data Safety Monitoring Committee reported “the results were clearly in favour of planned Caesarian section”.[1] When data was excluded from analysis for those women who had prolonged labour, induction/ augmentation of labour with oxytocin/prostaglandins, epidural anaest...

OBJECTIVES To review our experience in causes, diagnosis and basic principles of surgical treatment of urogenital fistulae. METHODS A retrospective study of 213 patients with different types of urogenital fistulae were reviewed between October 1995 to October 2008. They were analyzed with regard to age, parity, causal factor, mode of treatment and outcome. Patients were also evaluated at two ...

BACKGROUND The death of women from pregnancy-related causes is a serious challenge that international development initiatives, including the Millennium Development Goals, have been trying to redress for decades. The majority of these pregnancy-related deaths occur in developing countries especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. The provision of Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC), including Caesarean sect...

introduction: preterm birth is still a major health problem throughout the world, which results in 75% of neonatal mortality. preterm labor not only inflicts financial and emotional distress, it may also lead to permanent disability. the present study was conducted to determine the related risk factors and preventive measures of preterm labor. methods: this retrospective cross-sectional study a...

INTRODUCTION Preterm birth is still a major health problem throughout the world, which results in 75% of neonatal mortality. Preterm labor not only inflicts financial and emotional distress, it may also lead to permanent disability. The present study was conducted to determine the related risk factors and preventive measures of preterm labor. METHODS This retrospective cross-sectional study a...