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Incidence of emergency peripartum hysterectomy in Ain-shams University Maternity Hospital, Egypt: a retrospective study

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Abstract

Purpose

To estimate the incidence of emergency peripartum hysterectomy over 6 years in Ain-shams University Maternity Hospital.

Methods

Detailed chart review of all cases of emergency peripartum hysterectomy, 2003–2008, including previous obstetric history, details of the index pregnancy, indications for emergency peripartum hysterectomy, outcome of the hysterectomy and infant morbidity.

Results

The overall rate of emergency peripartum hysterectomy was 149 of 66,306 or 2.24 per 1,000 deliveries. The primary indications for hysterectomies were placenta accreta/increta 59 (39.6 %), uterine atony 37 (24.8 %), uterine rupture 35 (23.5 %) and placenta previa without accreta 18 (12.1 %). After hysterectomy, 115 (77 %) women were admitted to the intensive care unit. Women were discharged home after a mean 11.2 day length of stay. Using multifactorial logistic regression analysis, we found that woman’s age, atonic uterus, placenta accreta/increta, previous cesarian section and ruptured uterus were independent predictors for peripartum hysterectomy

Conclusion

Abnormal placentation was the main indication for peripartum hysterectomy. The risk factors for peripartum hysterectomy were morbid adherence of placentae in scared uteri, uterine atony and uterine rupture. The most important step in prevention of major postpartum hemorrhage is recognizing and assessing women’s risk. The risk of peripartum hysterectomy seems to be significantly decreased by limiting the number of cesarean section deliveries, thus reducing the occurrence of abnormal placentation in the form of placenta accreta, increta or percreta.

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Abbreviations

ANOVA:

Analysis of variance

CI:

Confidence interval

DIC:

Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy

ICU:

Intensive care unit

OR:

Odds ratio

RR:

Relative risk

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  1. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Ain-shams Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital, Abbasiya square, Cairo, Egypt

    Ihab Serag Allam, Ihab Adel Gomaa, Hisham Mohamed Fathi & Ghada Fathi Mahmoud Sukkar

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Allam, I.S., Gomaa, I.A., Fathi, H.M. et al. Incidence of emergency peripartum hysterectomy in Ain-shams University Maternity Hospital, Egypt: a retrospective study. Arch Gynecol Obstet 290, 891–896 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-014-3306-5

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