Evaluation of obstetricians' surgical decision making in the management of uterine rupture.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uterine rupture is an obstetric calamity with surgery as its management mainstay. Uterine repair without tubal ligation leaves a uterus that is more prone to repeat rupture while uterine repair with bilateral tubal ligation (BTL) or (sub)total hysterectomy predispose survivors to psychosocial problems like marital disharmony. This study aims to evaluate obstetricians' perspectives on surgical decision making in managing uterine rupture.

Methods

A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study of obstetricians at the 46th annual scientific conference of Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria in 2012. Data was analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results

Seventy-nine out of 110 obstetricians (71.8%) responded to the survey, of which 42 (53

SUBMITTER: Eze JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5465586 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature