The Irish experience of Symphysiotomy: 40 years onwards

Abstract

The art of symphysiotomy for delivery in the instance of cephalopelvic disproportion has been a dying art since the advent of caesarean section but in Ireland this surgical procedure was not abolished until 1992. This practice is still present in the developing world and in some circumstances used in developed countries. This study offers some insights on the 40-year follow-up of patients who had undergone symphysiotomy.

Keywords::

• Long-term outcome
• symphysiotomy

Contribution to authorship

SRS involved in compiling data, manuscript preparation and editing. WvE and JOB assisted in manuscript preparation and editing.

Details of ethics approval

Applied within hospital ethics committee and this retrospective study was not required to be ethically approved.

Disclosure of interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Supplementary material available online

Supplementary Appendix A available online at http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/01443615.2015.1030596