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Three‐year follow‐up of eight patients delivered by symphyseotomy
Author(s) -
Greisen Gorm
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(85)90105-5
Subject(s) - medicine
Eight symphyseotomies were carried out in a small hospital in rural Afrika by a medical generalist during a 2‐year period. There were no maternal or infants deaths. Follow‐up after 3 years demonstrated the absence of long‐term complications. Five patients had later delivered, all normally, four of them at home unattended by medically‐trained personnel.