Women's recommendations: vacuum extraction or caesarean section for prolonged second stage of labour, a prospective cohort study in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate what women who have experienced vacuum extraction or second stage caesarean section (CS) would recommend as mode of birth in case of prolonged second stage of labour.

Methods

A prospective cohort study was conducted in a tertiary referral hospital in Uganda. Between November 2014 and July 2015, women with a term singleton in vertex presentation who had undergone vacuum extraction or second stage CS were included. The first day and 6 months after birth women were asked what they would recommend to a friend: vacuum extraction or CS and why. Outcome measures were: proportions of women choosing vacuum extraction vs. CS and reasons for choosing this mode of birth.

Results

The first day after birth, 293/318 (92.1%) women who had undergone vacuum ex

SUBMITTER: Nolens B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6850599 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature