MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CAESAREAN SECTION - ONE YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

A one year retrospective study was muler taken to study caeasrean section regarding maternal intra operative and post operative complications, maternal. Caesar can section rate in the year studied was 15.675%. 89.27% patients never had any antenatal care. A high rate intraoperative complication was encountered in emergency cases 81.12%. the most common complication during operation was primary post partum haemorrhage 59.46%, the commonest cause was atonic uterus in 54.54% of cases. Haemorrhage due to technical problems accounted for 16.21% of cases 35.13% of patients had caesarean haysterectomy while 24(32%) of patients had caesarean hysterectomy with bilateral internal iliac artery ligations for uncontrol haemorrhage.The post operative complication rate was 62.35%. Majority of the patients with post operative complication were emergency 84.78%. The incidence of febrile morbidity was 22% while 32.6% were anaemic 32.61%. wound infection and disruption was found in 11.41% of cases. There were 6 maternal deaths in emergency group while two in elective. The common cause for maternal deaths were hypovolemic shock, eclampsia and anaesthesia complication.