Background: Abdominal pregnancy is a rare medical condition that is still missed in developing countries due to inadequate medical facilities. The clinical indicators manifest in various forms and are nonspecific, making it challenging to diagnose and often leading to delayed detection. However, obstetric ultrasound serves as an essential tool in early detection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: Textiloma or gossypiboma is a rare complication of pelvic surgery. It can mimic both, clinically, and radiologically an abscess, or a tumor, thus, making its diagnosis difficult and late. It can lead to a high morbidity and mortality rate for the patient and engages the surgeon's civil liability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe frequency of uterine malformations is estimated in the general population to be between 1 and 4%. The bicornuate uterus accounts for about half of uterine abnormalities. The conception of a pregnancy and its evolution to term on this uterine abnormality is rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the capability of high-volume comprehensive emergency obstetric care (CEmOC) health facilities on the provision of comprehensive postabortion care (PAC) in Sub-Saharan Africa and to determine the frequency of women with severe abortion-related complications in high capability facilities.
Methods: A cross-sectional analysis conducted across 11 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, using facility-level information from the World Health Organization (WHO) Multi-Country Survey on Abortion-related morbidity (MCS-A) between 2017 and 2018. PAC signal functions were adapted to assess facilities' capability to deliver comprehensive PAC through infrastructure, standard comprehensive capability, and extended comprehensive capability to provide PAC.
Objective: To assess satisfaction with care for abortion-related complications experienced among adolescents compared to older women.
Methods: A secondary analysis of the WHO Multi-Country Survey on Abortion-related Morbidity and Mortality-a cross-sectional study conducted in health facilities in 11 Sub-Saharan African countries. Women with abortion-related complications who participated in an audio computer-assisted self-interview were included.
Introduction: the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and to evaluate maternal and perinatal prognosis during pregnancy and childbirth among married child students in the city of Niamey.
Methods: we conducted a case-control study of gestants and parturients at the Issaka Gazobi Maternity Hospital in Niamey over the period January 2018-December 31, 2018. Child students (<18 years) were compared to students aged 18-27 years.
Introduction: Complications due to unsafe abortions are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in many sub-Saharan African countries. We aimed to characterise abortion-related complication severity, describe their management, and to report women's experience of abortion care in Africa.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was implemented in 210 health facilities across 11 sub-Saharan African countries.
Background: Induction of labor is being increasingly used to prevent adverse outcomes in the mother and the newborn.This study assessed the prevalence of induction of labor and determinants of its use in Africa.
Methods: We performed secondary analysis of the WHO Global Survey of Maternal and Newborn Health of 2004 and 2005.
Objective: Placental abruption is a syndrome, which occurs in the third trimester of the pregnancy or during labour. It is the main cause of pregnancy last term bleeding and is also responsible for a high stillbirth rate. The objective is to describe the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic characteristics in order to decrease the fetal and maternal mortality and morbidity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSchistosomiasis represents the second most endemic diseases following malaria. It is now endemic in 76 countries of the world, and it is estimated that more than 200 million persons are infected. The objective of this work is to help in the improvement of knowledge about Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FSG) effects on the women reproductive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The purpose of our prospective study was to determine the frequency, the main indications and difficulties of coverage of the peripartum haemostatic hysterectomy in a developing country. The secondary purpose was to assess the maternal forecast and suggest suited management and to estimate the necessary material and human means to reduce the incidence of this surgery.
Patients And Methods: We realized a forward-looking monocentric study in the Issaka Gazobi maternity of Niamey, between January 1st, 2003 and December 31st, 2003.
Objective: We report 143 cases of ectopic pregnancy (EP) treated in the Issaka-Gazobi maternity of Niamey between January 1st, 1999 and April 30th, 2001 (28 months). The objective of this study was to estimate the epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects to propose actions, which could lead to the improvement of the prognosis of EP.
Patients And Methods: The frequency of ectopic pregnancy was 2.
Introduction: The aim of this study is to identify the epidemiological and histological aspects of gynaecologic and breast cancer for a best care of patients.
Methodology: A restropective and descriptive study have been realised in the Histopathologic laboratory of Niamey's Health faculty department, Niger. During 9 years (01 January 1992 to 31 December 2000), we brought up all cases of gynaecological and breast cancer.
The authors have documented 50 cases of U.R., out 2,151 normal deliveries.
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November 1998
The authors report 26 cases of female genital schistosomiasis. This parasitosis is observed in women of ages ranging between 17 and 70 years (mean age = 30 years) and associated with sterility (6 cases), uterine tract cancer (1 case), tubular pregnancy (1 case), benign teratoma (1 case) and serous cystadenoma (1 case). The diagnosis is based on an histological analysis which shows several lesions with schistosomiasis (Schistosoma haematobium) eggs, confirmed by ZIEHL coloration.
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