[Clinical and therapeutic aspects of sexual violence received at CHU Yalgado Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso)].

Introduction: Sexual abuse is a health problem that needs to be adequately and comprehensively managed. A preventive strategy must be conducted to deter potential abusers. The purpose of the study was to describe the cases of sexual abuse received in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital.

Transfusion practices in the care of pregnant women with sickle cell disease in Ouagadougou.

Objective: To study the contribution of blood transfusion management in the improvement of maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with sickle cell disease in Ouagadougou.

Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective study with data collected from February 2012 to January 2014 was used. Patients were differentiated into three groups: patients with at least one exchange transfusion, patients who received blood transfusion, and patients who did not receive any transfusion.

[Parietal suppurations after cesarean section at the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital, Burkina Faso: epidemiological clinical, therapeutic and prognostic aspects].

Surgical site infections are frequent in developing countries. Cesarean section is one of the most common surgery among women in the world. This study aims to analyse the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and prognostic aspects of parietal suppurations after cesarean section in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital in order to reduce their occurrence.

Maternal Mortality at the Dori Regional Hospital in Northern Burkina Faso, 2014-2016.

Background: Maternal mortality is of considerable magnitude. It is particularly relevant to developing countries, including those in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this work was to study the cases of maternal deaths in the Dori Regional Hospital, Burkina Faso in the Sahel region, by analyzing the epidemiological aspects of these deaths in order to guide decision-making.

[A 36 weeks heterotopic pregnancy discovered incidentally at the Regional University Hospital of Ouahigouya].

Heterotopic pregnancy is a rare entity, its development up to term is exceptional. We report a case of heterotopic pregnancy of fortuitous discovery during a caesarean section performed in a 26-year-old female patient received for abdomino-pelvic pain on suspected twin pregnancy of 33 SA. No obstetric ultrasound had been performed before admission.