Citation

Pant R, Manandhar V, Wittgenstein F, Fortney JA, Fukushima C. Int. J. Gynaecol. Obstet. 1995; 50(1): 61-63.

Affiliation

Trisuli Hospital, Nuwakot District, Nepal.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7556863

Abstract

Obstetric complications may result from burn scarring in the genital area. Women in developing countries typically squat around cooking fires, and burns are common. This recent case in Nepal describes obstructed labor in a young woman whose genital area had extensive scarring from a cooking fire injury. Proper antenatal assessment by health care providers can reduce the risk to mothers and infants of the consequences of a birth canal damaged or obstructed by burn scarring.

Language: en