Experience of Emergency Peripartum Hysterectomies at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Quetta, Pakistan

Table 2

Maternal morbidity and mortality in patients with emergent peripartum hysterectomy.

Variable	N	%
(1) Maternal mortality	4	8.7%
(2) Mean hospital stay	16.4 days
(3) Mean duration of surgery	120 minutes
(4) Prolonged hospital stay (>14 days)	20	43.5%
(5) Mean units of packed red blood cells transfused	3.1 units
(6) Total number of packed red blood cell transfusions (during entire hospital stay)
1–3 units	33	71.8%
4–6 units	11	23.9%
7 units	2	4.3%
(7) Complications
Fever	20	43.5%
Wound infection	15	32.6%
UTI	10	21.8%
Vesicovaginal fistula	6	13.0%
Ileus	6	13.0%
Transfusion reaction	5	10.9%
Sepsis	5	10.9%
Prolonged intubation	2	4.4%
Ureteral/bladder injury	2	4.4%
Pneumonia	1	2.2%
DVT	1	2.2%