Maternal and fetal outcomes of large fetus delivery: a comparative study.

Aim: To review the deliveries of macrosomic babies, weighing over than 4000g and their obstetrical and neonatal outcomes.

Methods: Retrospective study involving a total of 209 deliveries at term of macrosomic babies between Marsh 2006 and February 2007 in the Maternity Hospital of Mahmoud ELMATRI, Tunis. The study concerned risk factors, mode of delivery and the incidence of maternal and perinatal complications.