It is generally thought that Klumpke's palsy is not seen as obstetric injury. The authors present a case of Klumpke's palsy with Horner syndrome following delivery by emergency Cesarean section. Neurolysis and nerve grafting partially corrected the paralysis.

Antimicrobial prophylaxis for cesarean delivery has been a general practice for cesarean deliveries because it significantly reduces postoperative maternal infectious morbidity. Recently, several randomized clinical trials investigated the timing of antimicrobial prophylaxis for cesarean delivery. The Committee on Obstetric Practice recommends antimicrobial prophylaxis for all cesarean deliveri...

In certain condition normal delivery cannot be allowed for various reasons, assisted vaginal delivery is the method of choice. Vaginal delivery being assisted by instruments can either be vacuum extraction or forceps, a choice based on obstetrician’s competence and training 1 . James Young Simpson was the first to use traction to deliver the baby. It was later modified by Malstrom in 1953. The ...

This was a prospective study of women attending a combined haematology/obstetric antenatal clinic in the National Maternity Hospital (2002-2008). Obstetric outcome in mothers treated with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) was compared to the general obstetric population of 2006. There were 133 pregnancies in 105 women. 85 (63.9%) received prophylactic LMWH and 38 (28.6%) received therapeutic ...

OBJECTIVE To compare some socio-demographic and obstetric factors between adolescent mothers (aged below 20 years) and older mothers of low birthweight (birthweight < 2000 gm) babies. DESIGN Cross sectional descriptive study. SETTING The Newborn Unit of the Kenyatta National Hospital. RESULTS Sixty nine adolescent mothers and 73 older mothers were studied. Adolescent mothers were more lik...

Background. Developing countries like Ethiopia contributed highest level of maternal mortality due to obstetric complications. Women awareness of obstetric danger sign to recognize complications to seek medical care early is the first intervention in an effort to decrease maternal death. Objective. To assess knowledge about danger signs of obstetric complications and associated factors among po...

Background: Comparison of obstetric and neonatal outcomes of twin pregnancies conceived by assisted reproduction technology (ART) with those of spontaneously conceived (SC). Materials and Methods: In this prospective cohort study, all dichorionic twin pregnancies following fresh IVF/ intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) or ICSI cycles (n=320) and (SC) (n=170) in nulliparous women in Royan I...