TMG Digital | 2016-05-07 12:44:39.0
Abdominal pregnancies are pretty rare‚ occurring in concerning 1 in 10‚000 pregnancies.
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A 28-year-old Gauteng woman that owned an undiagnosed however hazardous abdominal pregnancy has actually delivered a 1.8kg boy.
The woman was 32 weeks pregnant as soon as she endured reduced abdominal discomfort throughout a visit to Newcastle‚ KwaZulu-Natal‚ regard April 28.
“An ultrasound was done at Newcastle Hospital‚ and a diagnosis of abdominal pregnancy was suspected by the ultrasonographer and confirmed by Dr Nonhlanhla Dlamini‚ the head of the obstetric department‚” said Dr Prem Naicker‚ that led the group of 4 surgeons that delivered the baby.
“The woman owned been honouring her ante-natal clinic visits at a hospital in Gauteng prior to arriving in Newcastle. The doctors in Gauteng owned not recognised that she owned an abdominal pregnancy.”
Naicker said the foetus was located behind the uterus‚ which was empty. “The patient joined significant discomfort and was anaemic. There were comes to that the abdominal pregnancy owned started bleeding internally‚ and that the foetus would certainly not survive a lot longer. Dr Dlamini preferreded the patient that she would certainly necessity emergency surgery the very same night.”
Four doctors done a laparotomy – a surgical procedure involving a big incision with the abdominal wall to acquire access in to the abdominal cavity.
“We eliminated the baby. The infant was alive and well‚ which is a very‚ quite rare occurrence. The paediatrician was there‚ and every little thing was fine‚” said Naicker
In a typical pregnancy‚ a sperm cell merges along with the egg cell‚ and the resultant zygote moves with the fallopian tube to the uterus. An abdominal pregnancy occurs as soon as a fertilised egg implants somewhere others compared to a woman’s uterus.
Abdominal pregnancies are pretty rare‚ occurring in concerning 1 in 10‚000 pregnancies. as soon as they do occur‚ they might end in death of the mother (generally from bleeding) in concerning 20% of the cases.
Said Naicker: “Abdominal pregnancies are quite challenging to diagnose‚ and in some cases every little thing appears to be normal. Then later on‚ the patient might present along with abdominal pain.
“It’s constantly a quite challenging operation due to the fact that in some cases the placenta is stuck regard the bowel‚ or the bowel is stuck regard the placenta. however thanks to the Almighty‚ every little thing went well. It’s an excellent outcome. The hospital deserves the credit.”
The infant and his mother invested 3 days in intensive care. “The two infant and mother are performing well at this stage‚” Naicker said regard Saturday.
KZN Healthiness MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo praised the doctors and nurses associated with the operation.
“The reality that they pulled it off such a delicate procedure free of incident is as soon as again an example of the calibre of health care professionals that we have actually within the department. They’re an inspiration‚ and we are really proud of them‚” he said.
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