The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016 INTRODUCTION: perinatal mortality rates have come down in cesarean sections, but fetal morbidity is still high in comparison to vaginal delivery and the complications are more commonly seen in emergency than in elective cesarean sections.
Soukayna Benzouina +6 more
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Primigravid Women's Views of Being Approached to Participate in a Hypothetical Term Cephalic Trial of Planned Vaginal Birth versus Planned Cesarean Birth [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Several papers have called for a trial of planned cesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for low-risk women—a recommendation that is fiercely debated.
Kingdon, Carol, Lavender, Tina
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Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2019 Objective: Currently, there is paucity of data on the rate of vaginal deliveries and cesarean section among women in Tibet. In this study, we carried out an observational study of 7365 consecutive pregnant women in Lhasa, Tibet who gave birth at our ...
Yuan-Yuan Zheng +4 more
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Antenatal Care Utilization and Pregnancy Outcome in Women Undergoing Emergency Cesarean Section [PDF]
Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care, 2020 Objective: To assess the effect of antenatal care utilization on pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing emergency cesarean section. Methods: This was a retrospective comparative cohort conducted from January to December 2017 at the Department of ...
Zubaida Masood +3 more
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Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2004 To evaluate the influence of three organizational measures on the cesarean section rate over two consecutive years, in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of a tertiary care University Hospital.Clinical records of births occurring in the years ...
Ana Reynolds +5 more
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The influence of mother’s personality on the decision about the elective cesarean section: a pilot study with a sample of 16 new mothers [PDF]
, 2016 To investigate the psychological profile of a sample of new mothers, who requested an elective caesarean section (CS), compared with a group of women who had a CS in emergency.
ACETI, Franca +4 more
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Comparing Early Postoperative Maternal Complications in Elective and Emergency Cesarean Sections [PDF]
Journal of Midwifery & Reproductive Health, 2020 Background & aim: Scientifically, cesarean section (C-section) should be performed in case of emergency; however, the frequency of C-sections that are elective and without medical indication is high.
Mostafayi Mehrnush +3 more
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Caesarean section for non-medical reasons at term [PDF]
, 2006 Background: Caesarean section rates are progressively rising in many parts of the world. One suggested reason is increasing requests by women for caesarean section in the absence of clear medical indications, such as placenta praevia, HIV infection ...
Bewley +52 more
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Placenta percreta with bladder invasion – a novel approach for management: A case report
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Placenta percreta is an obstetric emergency often associated with massive hemorrhage, emergency cesarean section, and peripartum hysterectomy. We present a case of a 30-year-old woman, G4P1L1A2 with placenta percreta managed by an alternative approach ...
Sushila Kharkwal +4 more
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Ankle fracture surgery on a pregnant patient complicated by intraoperative emergency caesarian section. [PDF]
, 2013 We report the case of a woman in the third trimester of pregnancy who sustained an ankle fracture dislocation that could not be adequately closed reduced.
Coopersmith, Allen +3 more
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