[Uterine ruptures overseas]. / Les ruptures utérines outre-mer.

ABSTRACT

Obstetrical hysterorrhexis, accident that has been described for a long time, is still of special concern in rural villages where sufficient health care facilities are not available. This accident is always serious, leading to the death of the newborn baby and, too frequently, to the death of the mother. A number, however, could be avoided with a better training of the paramedical staff, so that neither inadequate actions nor uncontrolled use of oxytocics be done. The author advocates to perform a systematic examination of the uterus after every difficult or outlasting delivery or having required either manual or instrumental help. That remains the best way to save the uterus of the mother and sometimes her life itself.