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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2375</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>UTERINE RUPTURE:__ampersandsignnbsp;5 YEAR STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF WESTERN RAJASTHAN, INDIA&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sharma</surname><given-names>Savitri</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sharma</surname><given-names>Ashok</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mathur</surname><given-names>Annapurna</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Swarnkar</surname><given-names>MadhuSudan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S.Khangarot</surname><given-names>D.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>15</day><month>08</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>37</fpage><lpage>42</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: To determine the frequency, predisposing, factors, maternal and fetal outcome in Uterine Rupture. Methods: This is a descriptive case series including all cases of uterine rupture who were either admitted with this complication or who developed it in the hospital were included in the study .Patients, who had rupture due to congenital abnormality were excluded from this study .Demographic data ,details of predisposing factors ,types of rupture ,the management ,maternal and fetal outcome were taken into consideration for analysis. Results: The total numbers of deliveries from Jan 2007 to Jan 2012 were28076.There were 22 cases of uterine rupture .Out of them most of the cases (55%) presented between age of 21 to 25 years. Majority of cases (54.54%) of uterine rupture occurred in 1 Para. All the cases were unbooked All cases had complete tear of anterior, lower part of uterus. Common cause (54.54%) of uterine rupture was previous caesarean section, second common because (22.72%) was prolonged obstructed labour .Sub total hysterectomy was performed in45 % cases and only repair was the management in remaining 55% cases. There was no maternal death in this study .live birth rate was 41%. There was still birth in 11(50%) and intra uterine death occurred 2(9%).3 cases had associated bladder injury with uterine rupture. Conclusion: This study showed that main cause of uterine rupture was previous caesarean section, followed by prolonged obstructed labour. Proper antenatal care and update training programme for health care providers is the need of time to prevent the catastrophic but avoidable complications.&#13;
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