Mechanical Birth Trauma – An Evaluation of Predisposing Factors at the Ogun State University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.

Abstract

Fifty neonates were identified in a study carried out to determine the factors predisposing to mechanical birth trauma in neonates at the Ogun State University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu. Data were collected retrospectively from 1989 to 1990 and prospectively from 1991 to 1994. The incidence of mechanical birth trauma among inborn babies was 9.17 per 1000 live births. Non-booked deliveries were at a higher risk for birth trauma than booked ones (_2 = 14.03, p Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics 2002; 29:61-65.