VAGINAL DELIVERY AFTER ONE PREVIOUS CAESAREAN SECTION: IS RADIOLOGICAL PELVIMETRY NECESSARY?

 

ABSTRACT

 

 

Objective: To examine whether antepartum x-ray pelvimetry reliably predicts the likelihood of vaginal birth after one previous caesarean section (VBAC).

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Nigeria.

Population: Patients with one previous caesarean delivery without prior vaginal delivery who had x-ray pelvimetry done at term.

Methods: Medical records of 207 patients with previous vaginal delivery who delivered between January 1999 and December 2001 were reviewed.

Outcome Measures: Mode of delivery.

Results: 143 (69%) had radiologic pelvimetry done, out of which 114 (80%) had radiologically adequate pelvis. Of these, 90 (79%) were allowed a trial of labour. Forty women (44.4%) patients who were allowed a trial of labour delivered vaginally while 50 (55.6%) had emergency repeat caesarean section for various indications.

Conclusion: Antepartum radio-pelvimetry is a poor predictor of the outcome of labour.

 

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APA

ETIM, V., VS1, E , , 2 , SE2, A & BA1, O (2018). VAGINAL DELIVERY AFTER ONE PREVIOUS CAESAREAN SECTION: IS RADIOLOGICAL PELVIMETRY NECESSARY?. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/vaginal-delivery-after-one-previous-caesarean-section-is-radiological-pelvimetry-necessary

MLA 8th

ETIM, VITALIS SIMON, et. al. "VAGINAL DELIVERY AFTER ONE PREVIOUS CAESAREAN SECTION: IS RADIOLOGICAL PELVIMETRY NECESSARY?" Afribary. Afribary, 30 Oct. 2018, https://track.afribary.com/works/vaginal-delivery-after-one-previous-caesarean-section-is-radiological-pelvimetry-necessary. Accessed 05 Nov. 2024.

MLA7

ETIM, VITALIS SIMON, ETIM VS1 , 2 , ANYA SE2 and OYE-ADENIRAN BA1 . "VAGINAL DELIVERY AFTER ONE PREVIOUS CAESAREAN SECTION: IS RADIOLOGICAL PELVIMETRY NECESSARY?". Afribary, Afribary, 30 Oct. 2018. Web. 05 Nov. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/vaginal-delivery-after-one-previous-caesarean-section-is-radiological-pelvimetry-necessary >.

Chicago

ETIM, VITALIS SIMON, ETIM VS1 , 2 , ANYA SE2 and OYE-ADENIRAN BA1 . "VAGINAL DELIVERY AFTER ONE PREVIOUS CAESAREAN SECTION: IS RADIOLOGICAL PELVIMETRY NECESSARY?" Afribary (2018). Accessed November 05, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/vaginal-delivery-after-one-previous-caesarean-section-is-radiological-pelvimetry-necessary