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Thank you Sally.
I will copy this & give it to our local
Obstetricians.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 9:47
AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] unscarred Uterine
rupture
The Golan study concerned ninety-one cases of uterine rupture
during a
five-year period. Of these, 61 occurred in normal uteri while 32
were
found in patients who had undergone a previous section. There were
nine
maternal deaths, and all occurred in the group of mothers who had
not
had previous cesarean surgery. The fetal mortality was also much
worse
for the women without previous cesareans. The fetal mortality for
the
previous cesarean group [who experienced uterine rupture] was
twenty-two
percent, while it was more than triple, or seventy-four percent,
in the
unscarred group [who experienced rupture]. The ruptured uteri in
the
normal, unscarred group were, for the most part, associated
with
oxytocin administered during labour." (Joy of Natural Childbirth,
1994)
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