BACKGROUND Availability of a Skilled Birth Attendant (SBA) during childbirth is a key indicator for MDG5 and a strategy for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in Africa. There is limited information on how SBAs and their functions are defined. The aim of this study was to map the cadres of health providers considered SBAs in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA); to describe which signal functions of ...

BACKGROUND Sexual function is an essential component of life and yet very little is known about the relationships between the female sexuality and the mode of delivery. OBJECTIVE To compare sexual outcomes after vaginal delivery and cesarean section. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on women in two stages; early pregnancy and 3 to 6 months after delivery in health centers. Fema...

CONTEXT Despite nearly 4 million deliveries in the United States each year, minimal information exists on unintended health consequences following childbirth, particularly in relation to delivery method. OBJECTIVE To assess the risk for maternal rehospitalization associated with cesarean or assisted vaginal delivery compared with spontaneous vaginal delivery. DESIGN Retrospective cohort stu...

Fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is the most common tumor in the neonatal period and is easily detected by modern ultrasound techniques, mostly during the second-trimester screening. It can cause significant fetal/neonatal morbidity and mortality due to its size, vascular loading, possible rupture, and labor dystocia. Mostly cystic teratomas have favorable prognosis, but if untreated in uter...

CONTEXT Leriche syndrome is a thrombotic obliteration of the bifurcation of the aorta, a rare condition that usually affects older men as a result of atherosclerosis. Women of childbearing age rarely need a vascular prosthesis (as a result of Leriche syndrome or other conditions) and there is no literature on an association between Leriche syndrome/vascular prosthesis and pregnancy/labor/delive...