title: The relation of the true conjugate to maternal height and obstetric performance in Ghanaians.
abstract: The true conjugate was determined intraoperatively with a caliper in 114 Ghanaian women and was correlated with their height, obstetric performance and fetal dimensions. Those patients undergoing cesarean section for cephalopelvic disproportion (Group Ia) were found to have a significantly shorter mean true conjugate (9.54 cm +/- 0.63 S.D.) and mean body height (152.68 cm +/- 5.46 S.D.) and a smaller true conjugate - fetal biparietal diameter difference (10.93 mm) than those who had no cephalopelvic disproportion (Group Ib) and whose mean measurements were 10.61 cm +/- 0.81 S.D., 157.20 cm +/- 5.69 S.D. and 21.50 mm, respectively (P = 0.0001). Recommendations for appropriate referral of rural clinic patients and for selection of patients for repeat cesarean sections are based on the above findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Science and Technology, School of Medical Sciences, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Adadevoh
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hobbs
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Elkins
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D044383:Black People; D001827:Body Height; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010298:Parity; D010387:Pelvimetry; D011247:Pregnancy