Effect of delivery outcome following primary caesarean section on overall caesarean section rate in Libya

By: Entisar Emjahed , Asma Arebi

Tarhuna General Hospital - Tarhuna

Issue: Vol 23 |First Issue | 2021

article language: English

Abstract:

The worldwide rise in cesarean section (CS) rates is becoming a major public health concern, and has reached the epidemic level. The aim of this study is to apply the original Robson Ten Group Classification System RTGCS to CS in Tarhuna General Hospital (TGH). This was a descriptive retrospective study, data were collected from the records of 3040 deliveries in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at (TGH) during 2016, including patients who had normal vaginal deliveries, and cesarean section deliveries*,* caesarean data were analyzed using the RTGCS, the contribution of each group to the total caesarean delivery rate, in addition to the contribution of the rate of repeat of CS following previous CS in each group was determined. The rate of CS was 36%, the largest contributor to the overall CS rate was group 5 (58%), The repeat CS for women with a previous one CS comprising (43.5%) of group 5, and this category represents 28% of the overall rate, (40.2%) of previous one CS delivered vaginally, whereas (59.7%) required a repeat CS. The success rate of vaginal birth after a previous CS for each of the following non recurrent indications of primary CS including fetal distress, postdate, prolonged labor, cephalopelvic disproportion, breech presentation, and suspected macrosomia was (37.6%), (50%), (33.3%), (30.1%), (30.7%) and (40%) respectively. Group 5 was found to be the major contributor to the overall CS rates, and a repeat CS after previous one CS make an important contributor in this group.