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Genital burns and vaginal delivery
Author(s) -
Pant R.,
Manandhar V.,
Wittgenstein F.,
Fortney J.A.,
Fukushima C.
Publication year - 1995
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(95)02422-9
Subject(s) - medicine , sex organ , vaginal birth , obstetrics , vaginal delivery , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Obstetric complications may result from burn scarring in the genital area. Women in developing countries typically squat around cooking fires, and burns are common. This recent case in Nepal describes obstructed labor in a young woman whose genital area had extensive scarring from a cooking fire injury. Proper antenatal assessment by health care providers can reduce the risk to mothers and infants of the consequences of a birth canal damaged or obstructed by burn scarring.