ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2024
Postoperative maternal complications of caesarean section: a cross-sectional study at the Provincial General Hospital of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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- Risk factors associated with maternal complications of caesarean delivery in Rwanda: a retrospective cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Caesarean section Robson classification, complications, and lessons learned in a rural hospital in Walikale, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study.AJOG global reports · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: the maternal complications of caesarean section make it considered a riskier route of delivery than the vaginal route. The caesarean patient in fact combines the risks of giving birth and those of abdominal surgery. The objective of our study is to determine the epidemiological and therapeutic profile of postoperative maternal complications of caesarean section at the Provincial General Hospital of Kananga from January 1 Methods: this is a cross-sectional study of cases of postoperative maternal complications of cesarean section, based on non-probability convenience sampling for case selection. multivariable logistic regression was used in statistical analyses. Our study sample was 302 cases. Results: the hospital frequency of postoperative complications of cesarean section is 34.12% with the annual average of 60.40 (17.21) cases per year. The postoperative infections are the most frequent complication with more than 52.98% (n=160), treatment is surgical in 59.61% (n=180), the maternal mortality rate due to postoperative complications of cesareans is 5.63% (n=17). Five factors independently associated with postoperative complications of cesarean section were identifying: prolonged labor (aOR: 3.110, 95% CI: 1.040-9.250; p=0.001), defective hygiene of patients (aOR: 1.910, 95% CI: 1.090-10.930; p=0.001), uterine overdistension before caesarean section (aOR: 4.290, 95% CI: 3.320-5.550; p=0.000), multiparity (aOR: 2.070, 95% CI: 1.010-5.210; p=0.006) and emergency cesarean section (aOR: 1.510, 95% CI: 1.250-1.910; p=0.000) in our environment and during the period of our study. Conclusion: intraoperative complications of ceasarean section constitute a real health problem. These five factors independently associated with postoperative complications of cesarean section could be used for screening of high-risk women in obstetrical consultations during pregnancy monitoring.
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