OBJECTIVE To assess the quality and comprehensiveness of the information on caesarean section provided in Brazilian women's magazines. DESIGN Review of articles published during 1988-2008 in top selling women's magazines. SETTING Brazil, one of the countries with the highest caesarean section rates in the world. DATA SOURCES Women's magazines with the largest distribution during the study...

BACKGROUND There is evidence that induction of labour (IOL) around term reduces perinatal mortality and caesarean delivery rates when compared to expectant management of pregnancy (allowing the pregnancy to continue to await spontaneous labour or definitive indication for delivery). However, it is not clear whether IOL in women with a previous caesarean section confers the same benefits. The ai...

background: depression is a kind of sorrow that decreases the level of juiciness. most studies have maintained that psy­chological risk factors have the most profound effect on the development of postnatal depression (pnd). we compared the postnatal depression among the women with elective caesarean and vaginal delivery.  methods: this cross- sectional study was carried out on 120 women 1-4 mon...

BACKGROUND The caesarean section rate is increasing globally, especially in high income countries. The reasons for this continue to create wide debate. There is good epidemiological evidence on the maternal morbidity associated with caesarean section. Few studies have used women's personal accounts of their experiences of recovery after caesarean. The aim of this paper is to describe women's ac...

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...

OBJECTIVE To find the clinical and socio-demographic determinants for Hong Kong Chinese women who preferred elective caesarean section. DESIGN Cross-sectional interview survey. SETTING University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS A cohort of consecutive Hong Kong Chinese pregnant women (n=660) attending a government-funded obstetric unit catering deliveries in the New Territories...

INTRODUCTION Although caesarean section rates have been increasing over the years in both public and private sectors in Hong Kong, there has been a paucity of formal surveys on local trends in such rates. This study aimed to examine the trends in caesarean section rates over a 20-year period at a public regional obstetric unit in Hong Kong using the Robson's Ten-group Classification System. M...

The steady rise in caesarean section rates is an emerging area of concern in mother-child healthcare and a matter of international attention, since the trend is no longer confined to western industrialized countries. Crude and caesarean section-related perinatal mortality and case-fatality rates may well serve as public-health indicators. Monitoring time-trends in caesarean section rates has be...

This study was conducted at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and Family Health Hospital, Accra, Ghana, between April 2000 and January 2001 to compare the efficacy and safety of myomectomy done at caesarean section with the application of a tourniquet with caesarean section without myomectomy. Twenty four patients were recruited into the study. Average haemoglobin of patients both pre and post-operati...