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Maternal and Fetal Effect of Misgav Ladach Cesarean Section in Nigerian Women: A Randomized Control Study

BACKGROUND: The poor utilisation of the Misgav-Ladach (ML) caesarean section method in our environment despite its proven advantage has been attributed to several factors including its non-evaluation. A well designed and conducted trial is needed to provide evidence to convince clinician of its adva...

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Autores principales: Ezechi, OC, Ezeobi, PM, Gab-Okafor, CV, Edet, A, Nwokoro, CA, Akinlade, A
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24380012
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.122119
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author Ezechi, OC
Ezeobi, PM
Gab-Okafor, CV
Edet, A
Nwokoro, CA
Akinlade, A
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Ezeobi, PM
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Akinlade, A
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description BACKGROUND: The poor utilisation of the Misgav-Ladach (ML) caesarean section method in our environment despite its proven advantage has been attributed to several factors including its non-evaluation. A well designed and conducted trial is needed to provide evidence to convince clinician of its advantage over Pfannenstiel based methods. AIM: To evaluate the outcome of ML based caesarean section among Nigerian women. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Randomised controlled open label study of 323 women undergoing primary caesarean section in Lagos Nigeria. The women were randomised to either ML method or Pfannenstiel based (PB) caesarean section technique using computer generated random numbers. RESULTS: The mean duration of surgery (P < 0.001), time to first bowel motion (P = 0.01) and ambulation (P < 0.001) were significantly shorter in the ML group compared to PB group. Postoperative anaemia (P < 0.01), analgesic needs (P = 0.02), extra suture use, estimated blood loss (P < 0.01) and post-operative complications (P = 0.001) were significantly lower in the ML group compared to PB group. Though the mean hospital stay was shorter (5.8 days) in the ML group as against 6.0 days, the difference was not significant statistically (P = 0.17). Of the fetal outcome measures compared, it was only in the fetal extraction time that there was significant difference between the two groups (P = 0.001). The mean fetal extraction time was 162 sec in ML group compared to 273 sec in the PB group. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirmed the already established benefit of ML techniques in Nigerian women, as it relates to the postoperative outcomes, duration of surgery, and fetal extraction time. The technique is recommended to clinicians as its superior maternal and fetal outcome and cost saving advantage makes it appropriate for use in poor resource setting.
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spelling pubmed-38681272013-12-30 Maternal and Fetal Effect of Misgav Ladach Cesarean Section in Nigerian Women: A Randomized Control Study Ezechi, OC Ezeobi, PM Gab-Okafor, CV Edet, A Nwokoro, CA Akinlade, A Ann Med Health Sci Res Original Article BACKGROUND: The poor utilisation of the Misgav-Ladach (ML) caesarean section method in our environment despite its proven advantage has been attributed to several factors including its non-evaluation. A well designed and conducted trial is needed to provide evidence to convince clinician of its advantage over Pfannenstiel based methods. AIM: To evaluate the outcome of ML based caesarean section among Nigerian women. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Randomised controlled open label study of 323 women undergoing primary caesarean section in Lagos Nigeria. The women were randomised to either ML method or Pfannenstiel based (PB) caesarean section technique using computer generated random numbers. RESULTS: The mean duration of surgery (P < 0.001), time to first bowel motion (P = 0.01) and ambulation (P < 0.001) were significantly shorter in the ML group compared to PB group. Postoperative anaemia (P < 0.01), analgesic needs (P = 0.02), extra suture use, estimated blood loss (P < 0.01) and post-operative complications (P = 0.001) were significantly lower in the ML group compared to PB group. Though the mean hospital stay was shorter (5.8 days) in the ML group as against 6.0 days, the difference was not significant statistically (P = 0.17). Of the fetal outcome measures compared, it was only in the fetal extraction time that there was significant difference between the two groups (P = 0.001). The mean fetal extraction time was 162 sec in ML group compared to 273 sec in the PB group. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirmed the already established benefit of ML techniques in Nigerian women, as it relates to the postoperative outcomes, duration of surgery, and fetal extraction time. The technique is recommended to clinicians as its superior maternal and fetal outcome and cost saving advantage makes it appropriate for use in poor resource setting. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3868127/ /pubmed/24380012 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.122119 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ezechi, OC
Ezeobi, PM
Gab-Okafor, CV
Edet, A
Nwokoro, CA
Akinlade, A
Maternal and Fetal Effect of Misgav Ladach Cesarean Section in Nigerian Women: A Randomized Control Study
title Maternal and Fetal Effect of Misgav Ladach Cesarean Section in Nigerian Women: A Randomized Control Study
title_full Maternal and Fetal Effect of Misgav Ladach Cesarean Section in Nigerian Women: A Randomized Control Study
title_fullStr Maternal and Fetal Effect of Misgav Ladach Cesarean Section in Nigerian Women: A Randomized Control Study
title_full_unstemmed Maternal and Fetal Effect of Misgav Ladach Cesarean Section in Nigerian Women: A Randomized Control Study
title_short Maternal and Fetal Effect of Misgav Ladach Cesarean Section in Nigerian Women: A Randomized Control Study
title_sort maternal and fetal effect of misgav ladach cesarean section in nigerian women: a randomized control study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24380012
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.122119
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