BACKGROUND The relationship between perinatal outcome and anesthetic technique for preterm cesarean sections has not been explored in South Eastern, Nigeria. OBJECTIVE The objective of the following study is to evaluate perinatal outcome in preterm cesarean sections conducted under general anesthesia (GA) and subarachnoid block (SAB) with the aim to ascertain any difference in outcome between...

AIM The evaluation of the effect of repeat cesarean sections in adolescent pregnancies on the morbidity, obstetric and perinatal results. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the patient file and hospital records of patients who underwent at least one cesarean section among adolescent age group pregnant women who gave birth at our clinic between January 2010 and May 2013. The patients were divid...

We investigated using administrative claims data to identify surgical site infections (SSI) after breast surgery and cesarean section. Postoperative diagnosis codes, procedure codes, and pharmacy information were automatically scanned and used to identify claims suggestive of SSI ("indicators") among 426 (22%) of 1,943 breast procedures and 474 (10%) of 4,859 cesarean sections. For 104 breast p...

An increase in Cesarean section birth rate is evident worldwide, especially in developed and developing countries. Since this trend is rapidly gaining epidemic status with unpredictable consequences regarding the reproductive and overall women's health, there is a need for systematic collection and analysis of Cesarean section occurrence data. At this moment, there is no standardized, internati...

Background: Caesarean section is one of the commonest operations performed all over the worlds and its incidence is increasing. As such, there are a number of immediate and delayed complications that may be encountered and the obstetrician must be familiar with and able to rectify these. Hence; we planned the present study to assess the maternal complications associated with cesarean sections. ...

By: Grayson, Claire Elise In the May 1996 edition of The Annals of Surgery, John A. Morris and his collaborators published ?Infant Survival After Cesarean Section for Trauma,? in which they evaluate the use of emergency cesarean sections for the treatment of pregnant trauma patients. During a cesarean section, a physician removes a fetus [2] from a pregnant woman through an incision in her abdo...

Objective: To study the impact of maternal age and parity on cesarean section rate. Methods: Fifteen thousand three hundred and forty two women delivered at Prince Hashim Hospital between the 1 of January 1998 and 31 of December 2001. One thousand four hundred thirty four cesarean sections were performed in the same period. Patients underwent cesarean section were divided into three age groups:...