The incidence of caesarean section for breech presentation has increased markedly in the last 20 years. A prospective, interventional cohort study was carried out of the success rate of external cephalic version (ECV) and its predictors of as well as its impact on the rate of caesarean section for vaginal breech delivery. All 128 women admitted during the study period to the obstetrics departme...

Methods Caesarean scar pregnancy occurs due to implantation within a caesarean scar that is completely surrounded by myometrium and is therefore considered by many to be a late complication of caesarean section. The incidence of a caesarean scar pregnancy varies from 1 in 1800 to 1 in 2216 pregnancies and is rising due to an increase rates of the c section. Caesarean scar pregnancies are challe...

At the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria, after our first publication titled “Inevitable Caesarean Myomectomy”1, we have since 1996 routinely carried out myomectomy during caesarean section. The result of our first 25 cases was published in 2001.2 We have since then carried out more than 70 procedures of caesarean myomectomy. Our investigations on comparative blood loss...