Obstructed Labour & Rupture Uterus

Obstructed labour is a labour in which, despite good uterine contractions, the presenting part fails to descend because of a mechanical barrier. Left unrelieved, it culminates in maternal exhaustion, sepsis, fistula formation, and the dreaded rupture uterus — a leading cause of preventable maternal death in low-resource settings. This pairing is a perennial NEET PG favourite, especially the contrast between Bandl's r…