The relation of the true conjugate to maternal height and obstetric performance in Ghanaians

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Abstract
The true conjugate was determined intraoperatively with a caliper in 114 Ghanaian women and was correlated with their height, obstetric performance and fetal dimensions. Those patients undergoing cesarean section for cephalopelyic disproportion (Group Ia) were found to have a significantly shorter mean true conjugate (9.54 .+-. 0.63 .+-. S.D.) and mean body height (152.68 cm .+-. 5.46 S.D.) and a smaller true cojugate - fetal biparietal daimeter difference (10.93 mm) than those who had no cephalopelvic disproportion (Group Ib) and whose mean measurements were 10.61 cm .+-. 0.81 S.D., 157.20 cm .+-. 5.69 S.D. and 21.50 mm, respectively (P = 0.0001). Recommendations for appropriate referral of rural clinic patients and for selection of patients for repeat cesarean sections are based on the above findings.

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