Author(s)

Coulibaly Ahmadou^1*, Seydou Z. Dao², Cissouma Assétou³, Sima Mamadou¹, Kanté Ibrahim Ousmane¹, Mamadou S. Traoré¹, Koné Konimba¹, Diarra Drissa¹, Sissoko Hamadi⁴, Théra Thiounkani¹, Traore Youssouf⁵

¹Obstetric Gynecology Department of the University Hospital Center (CHU) Point G, Bamako, Mali.
²Obstetric Gynecology Department of the Reference Health Center of Commune II, Bamako, Mali.
³Pediatric Department of Sikasso Hospital, Sikasso, Mali.
⁴Obstetric Gynecology Service of the Reference Health Center of Commune III, Bamako, Mali.
⁵Obstetric Gynecology Department of the University Hospital (CHU) Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali.

Objective: In light of numerous obstetric evacuations to the Point G University Hospital and taking into account the practice of cesarean section for many years in the service, it seemed necessary to us to make our contribution to the study of cesarean section by putting emphasis on maternal and perinatal prognosis in the Obstetric Gynecology Department of the Point G university hospital. Method and materials: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of the Point G University Hospital, from January 01, 2018 to December 31, 2018. The Point G University Hospital is a 3rd level center of reference in the field of obstetrics in Mali. There is no neonatal ward. The study included all women who gave birth in the gynecology and obstetrics department during the study period. All prophylactic and emergency Caesarean section records during the period in which management took place in the ward were included. The records of patients who had a prophylactic or emergency cesarean section in other health facilities and non-usable records were not included. Data were collected using a pre-established survey form. The variables analyzed were socio-epidemiological, clinical and prognostic. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS software version 16.00. The Chi2 test and Fischer’s exact test were used to highlight risk factors. The significance level retained was p < 0.05. Operational definition: Nulliparous: A woman who has never given birth; Primipara: A woman who gave birth once; Pauciparous: A woman who has a number of deliveries between two and three; Multiparous: A woman who has a delivery count of between four and six pregnancies; Large multipara: A woman who has given birth more than six times. Results: We recorded 608 deliveries by cesarean section out of a total of 1573 deliveries, i.e. a rate of 38.6%. The majority of caesarized patients were between 20 and 29 years old or 41.94%, the average age was 26 years old. Out-of-school patients were the most represented, or 44.41%. They were pauciparous in 34.4% of cases. The pregnant majority had performed at least 04 antenatal consultations, or 68.91%. In 74, 51% of the cases the patients carried a pregnancy estimated to term. Cesarean section was performed urgently in 85.36% of cases and eclampsia crisis was the most common maternal indication, or 27.97% among the 379 cases. We recorded 10 maternal deaths or 1.64%. The bleeding disorder was responsible for half of our deaths, or 50%, from retro-placental hematoma. The fetal prognosis was dominated by neonatal distress with 19.08% of cases. We recorded 101 cases of stillbirths, or 16.61%, and 23 cases of early neonatal death, or 3.78%. Our study found a statistically significant relationship between the type of cesarean section and neonatal death with Fisher’s exact test = 27.772, P < 0.0001.

Cesarean Section, Frequency, Maternal and Perinatal Prognosis

Ahmadou, C. , Dao, S. , Assétou, C. , Mamadou, S. , Ousmane, K. , Traoré, M. , Konimba, K. , Drissa, D. , Hamadi, S. , Thiounkani, T. and Youssouf, T. (2021) Maternal and Perinatal Prognosis of the Cesarean at Chu Point G, Bamako, Mali. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 11, 1461-1469. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2021.1111136.