title: Maternal and perinatal outcomes of uterine rupture in the Kassala Hospital, east Sudan: 2006-2009.
abstract: Medical files of patients with ruptured uterus during 2006-2009 at the Kassala Hospital, east Sudan were reviewed. Of 13,569 deliveries, there were 28 cases of ruptured uterus (two per 1,000 deliveries). The majority of these patients had parity ≥5 (53.5%), were illiterate (82.1%), rural residence (75%) and unbooked (92.8%). The identified causes of ruptured uterus were: obstructed labour (50%), previous caesarean section (32.1%). Caesarean hysterectomy was carried out in (39.3%), repair in (32.2%) and repair with tubal ligation in (28.5%). There was 14.3% and 92.8% maternal and perinatal mortality, respectively. A total of 21.4% and 7.14% developed sepsis and vesicovaginal fistulae, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Kassala University, Kassala, Sudan.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008499:Medical Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000453:epidemiology; D013397:Sudan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D014719:Vesicovaginal Fistula / Q000453:epidemiology