Prevalence of obstructed labor and associated factors among women delivered at hospitals in western part of Southern Nation, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia

Abstract

Obstructed labour is one of the most common preventable causes of maternal and prenatal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. The most frequent cause of obstructed labour is cephalo-pelvic disproportion- a mismatch between the fetal head and the mother’s pelvic brim. The fetus may be large in relation to the maternal pelvic brim, such as the fetus of a diabetic woman, or the pelvis may be contracted, which is more common when malnutrition is prevalent.