Background: Caesarean section (C-section) is the most common surgery among women worldwide, and the global rate of this surgical procedure has been continuously rising. Hence, it is significantly crucial to develop and apply highly effective and safe caesarean section techniques. In this review study, we aimed at assessing the safety and effectiveness of the Joel-Cohen-based technique and compa...

Laparoelytrotomy is the accidental delivery via a vaginal incision during caesarean section in second stage of labour. It refers to inadvertent foetus through transverse given over vagina (C-section). rather uncommon complication C-section encountered at advanced dilation which can lead maternal complications such as traumatic postpartum hemorrhage, injury bladder, ureters and difficult reconst...

Caesarean hysterectomy evolved as a life-saving procedure following caesarean delivery. The concept underlying caesarean hysterectomy dates back to the mid 1700s and with a description of the procedure performed on laboratory animals. Eduardo Porro of Milan performed the first planned caesarean hysterectomy in which both the infant and the mother survived. He documented his operation in a paper...

BACKGROUND Caesarean delivery (CD) increases the risk of postpartum infection by 5 to 20 fold. Prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) is the goal of antibiotic prophylaxis. This study was carried out to assess the optimum timing for prophylactic antibiotic administration and to assess the amount of the antibiotic crossing the placental barrier. METHODS Eligible mothers were recruited, af...

background: regardless of numerous advances in surgical techniques, selection of the best technique to sew up wounds and the best suture material are still controversial. several postoperative complications, including wound infection, stitched wound, chronic incision pain, wound dehiscence and hernia stitches result from many factors such as used suture material. objectives: the aim of the pres...

Introduction: Grand-multiparity has been known to be an obstetric risk because of the documented complications associated with the condition, and it is an indication for booking in a tertiary health institution. Aim: to study importance of ANC, complications and indications of caesarean section in grand multi’s and to investigate fetomaternal outcomes. Materials and methods: This is retrospecti...

Current belief in obstetric practice is that the scar of a classical Caesarean section is more prone to rupture than that of a lower segment Caesarean section and that for this reason elective repeat Caesarean should always be undertaken in subsequent pregnancies. This review of the history of management of women after a previous classical Caesarean section was prompted by the presentation of a...

OBJECTIVE To provide evidence-based guidelines for the provision of a trial of labor (TOL) after Caesarean section. OUTCOME Fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality associated with vaginal birth after Caesarean (VBAC) and repeat Caesarean section. EVIDENCE MEDLINE database was searched for articles published from January 1, 1995, to February 28, 2004, using the key words "vaginal birth af...