All India Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 04–08 Jan 2009 · Birla Auditorium, Jaipur

Objective : Emergency obstetric hysterectomy is usually performed as a life saving surgical procedure. This study is conducted to analyse the usefulness of this radical procedure. This study conducted in respect to incidence, age, risk factors, indications, complications and maternal morbidity. Method : The study consists of 54 patients from our Institute RIMS, Ranchi: a Teaching Tertiary Care Hospital. This study group analysed under above-mentioned headings retrospectively. Results : Total number of admission in obstetric approximately 14751, among which 54 cases of hysterectomies performed giving incidence of approximately 0.36%.