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| Vázquez-Barragán,Miguel Ángel; Garza-Báez,Azalea; Morales-Avalos,Rodolfo; Martínez-González,Brenda; Jacobo-Baca,Guillermo; Pinales-Razo,Ricardo; Quiroga-Garza,Alejandro; de la Fuente-Villarreal,David; Elizondo-Riojas,Guillermo; Elizondo-Omaña,Rodrigo E; Guzmán-López,Santos. |
| The Mexican government passed a new reform of article 11 of the General Law in 2014 regarding Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence, which states that a cesarean section may not be performed if a vaginal birth is viable. Cesarean sections are excessively indicated in Northen Mexico, using the diagnosis of cephalopelvic disproportion due to a narrow pelvis. Currently, there is no standardized morphometry of the female pelvis in a Mexican population to establish adequate diagnostic parameter. Our study measures the pelvic diameters of the birth canal using abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT). Two hundred and ninety CT from Mexican women between the ages of 18 and 50 were collected and 3D reformatted in order to morphologically measure the pelvic... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Pelvimetry; Cesarean; Cephalopelvic disproportion; Reformatted CT; Morphometry; Mexico. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022016000100043 |
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