Uterine rupture causes high maternal and
neonatal mortality in many rural setting in the world. Uterine rupture accounts
for about 8% of all maternal deaths. Method and Materials: Facility
based cross sectional study design was employed to assess the prevalence
and associated factors of uterine rupture.
The data were abstracted from the cases
registered during 2010 and 2014 in delivery registers, operating theater
registers and patients’ case files of obstetrics ward of Debre Markos Referral
Hospital North West Ethiopia. A total of 880 cases were selected by using
systematic sampling method.
Result: A sample size of 880 cases was
selected after a review of 5-year patients’ records (approx. 16,100 registered
delivery cases) from Debre Markos Referral Hospital maternity ward. Among these
selected cases, 854 (97.2%) cases were responded for the study. Prevalence of
uterine rupture was identified in 81 (9.5%) cases.
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