Doctors Worth and Musalli

practicestatistics


We have named what we do "Minimally Invasive Obstetrics" and our results continue to surprise us.

The Village Obstetrics philosophy is simple. We respect and enjoy our patients. We feel privileged every day (and often every night!) to practice medicine. Our skills honed over years of experience and thousands of deliveries are what we offer with a smile and a calm confidence. We care and it shows!

We are proud of our results. Our mothers and babies are healthy. Our partners and dads are delighted. We have helped many achieve the birth they wanted. We don't do unnecessary cesareans or routine episiotomies. We rarely induce labor. We always offer vbac whenever its appropriate and our versions to turn breech babies are remarkably successful.

VOb by the Numbers, 10/20/08 to 11/30/09
(345 new or growing families)

We believe that our minimally invasive and old fashioned approach to obstetrical care allows the vast majority of our patients an unhurried labor and a vaginal delivery. We have posted our practice statistics below and update them monthly.

Total VOb Deliveries: n=345

CCesarean sections: n=81 (23% overall)
• patients in labor:n=28 (10% excluding scheduled c/s)
• scheduled*: n=53 (15% scheduled c/s as percent of all deliveries)

Vaginal deliveries: n=264 (77% rate overall)
• spontaneous: n=223 (76% of patients in labor/induction)
• forceps: n=40 (14% of patients in labor/induction)
• vacuum: n=1

Other statistics
• twins: 16 patients (vbac x 1, svd x 3, labor c/s x 2, scheduled c/s x 10)
• vbac success**: 22/25 = 88%
• version success: 21/24 = 88%
• cesarean hysterectomy-bleeding with attempted vbac: 1 patient
• routine episiotomies: 0%
• deliveries by Dr. Mussalli or Dr. Worth: 93%

* scheduled cesarean sections for obstructing fibroids, prior uterine surgery, placenta previa, prior sacrum fracture, malpresentation, malpresenting twins, elective repeat, or patient request.

** vbac includes 4 forcep deliveries