BACKGROUND Emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH) is a life saving procedure considered in cases of severe haemorrhage unresponsive to medical and conservative surgical procedures. The aim of present study was to review the frequency, indications, maternal morbidity and mortality associated with emergency peripartum hysterectomy in a tertiary care hospital in a developing country. METHODS Th...

Backgroun: Caesarean Hysterectomy is an emergency procedure and is performed in the event such as uterine rupture or uncontrollable postpartum hemorrhage. Postpartum hysterectomy can be performed a few hours of normal delivery, instrumental delivery or caesarean section or sometime may be done in puerperium. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence and causes of postpartum hem...

Umbilical single-port surgeries developed with advanced technological equipment like flexıble optics and reticulated graspers. Single-port decreased skin incision multiple port-site pain concerns. Case: In this study, a 74-years-old, postmenopausal female had P2G2 descensus uteri, subtotal uterine prolapse. Complaints were about vaginal mass disturbing life quality associated bladder incontinen...

We report two cases of postpartum intractable bleeding with coagulopathy. Case 1: A 34-year-old low-risk woman at 39 weeks of gestation was admitted to our hospital. After an uneventful vaginal delivery, placenta separation failed. Ultrasonography revealed absence of placental lacunae suggesting a retained placenta with a lower possibility of placenta accreta. Manual separation was then attempt...

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) was initially used to describe single or multiple pulmonary nodules composed of proliferating smooth muscle cells (lacking cellular atypia) in premenopausal females 3 months to 20 y after hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma. The lung is the most commonly involved site, thus including many malignant and benign entities in the differential diagnosis. The presen...

In Malawi, physicians analyzed retrospective data on 600 consecutive abortion cases who were admitted to the gynecology ward at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe during January-May 1990. These cases comprised 45% of all admissions to this ward during the study period. 71% of the patients had first-trimester abortions and 29% had second-trimester abortions. 85% of cases were admitted with i...

BACKGROUND Emergency peripartum hysterectomy has remained a challenging and very life saving surgical procedure in obstetrics. Its indications are emerging. AIMS This was to determine the incidence, indications, and outcomes of emergency peripartum hysterectomy at a tertiary hospital in Nnewi, south-east Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study of the case files of patients requ...