Coexisting fibroid in pregnancy and its labour outcome in Nigeria
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Savealife Mission Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(01), 844–850
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.1.1090
Publication history:
Received on 20 September 2022; revised on 22 October 2022; accepted on 25 October 2022
Abstract:
The management of coexisting uterine fibroid in pregnancy is controversial. There is the need to know the labour outcome of women with coexisting fibroid in pregnancy in our environment.
Objective: To ascertain the labour outcome of coexisting fibroid in pregnancy and the prevalence.
Materials and Method: The study is a retrospective one that reviewed 48 women with coexisting fibroid in pregnancy over a 30 month period.
Result: Out of 612 women that had antenatal care and delivery in our area of study, 48 of them had coexisting fibroid in pregnancy giving a prevalence of 7.8%.
The mean age of the parturients was 32.38 ± 5.22 years and most of the parturients were primiparous (56.3%). Up to 89.5% of them delivered at term and 89.6% of their babies had normal birth weight with good APGAR score in 79.2% of them. Their caesarean delivery rate was 79.2% and 2 successful caesarean myomectomies were done.
Conclusion: Fibroid can coexist with pregnancy with good outcome but they are prone to high caesarean delivery rate and at risk of uterine rupture. A low prevalence was recorded in our study and caesarean myomectomy is feasible in selected cases.
Keywords:
Coexisting; Pregnancy; Fibroid; Labour; Nigeria
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