A follow-up of repair of ruptured uterus in Ethiopia.

The uterus was conserved and repaired in 238 of 245 mothers admitted with ruptured uterus to a rural hospital in Ethiopia between 1991 and 1995. The patients have been followed for intervals varying from 6 years and 3 months to 1 year and 11 months since treatment of their rupture. One hundred and eleven mothers have given birth to 117 healthy babies. All mothers are well. Repair of uterine rupture is medically safe and culturally acceptable to the population served, provided the mothers are willing to spend the latter months of subsequent pregnancies in the maternity waiting area.