title: Genital burns and vaginal delivery.
abstract: Obstetric complications may result from burn scarring in the genital area. Women in developing countries typically squat around cooking fires, and burns are common. This recent case in Nepal describes obstructed labor in a young woman whose genital area had extensive scarring from a cooking fire injury. Proper antenatal assessment by health care providers can reduce the risk to mothers and infants of the consequences of a birth canal damaged or obstructed by burn scarring.
authors.affiliation: Trisuli Hospital, Nuwakot District, Nepal.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Manandhar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wittgenstein
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fortney
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fukushima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014621:Vagina / Q000293:injuries*; D014844:Vulva / Q000293:injuries*