Objective: To study the change in frequency of cesarean section, repeat cesarean section and the indications for repeated cesarean section after 10 years at a tertiary care center in Karachi. Methods: This study was conducted in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, unit 1, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. This retrospective analysis used departmental records to compare cesarean section rates f...

Cesarean section is a life-saving surgical procedure usually undertaken in sheep and goats that fail to deliver vaginally (dystocia). Unfortunately, there are no recent review articles in literature that summarize the results of published case reports and clinical trials concerning indications, surgical approaches and procedures and outcomes following cesarean section in sheep and goats. Theref...

OBJECTIVE To identify uterine hysteroscopic findings among patients with prior cesarean section and whom had post-menstrual bleeding spotting type. METHODS We conducted a descriptive and prospective study between June 2008 and December 2009 involving women admitted to our clinic in Ji-Paraná (RO), Brazil, and who complained of prolonged genital bleeding after menstrual period. A total of 20 w...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors for persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborns (PPHN) and their influence on mortality. METHODS This was an observational study conducted at The Children's Hospital & the Institute of Child Health, Multan, Pakistan, from July 2011 to June 2012.All admitted babies who had respiratory distress, cyanosis and evidence of hypoxia on ABG,s were diagnosed p...

Aim: to understand the experience of primiparous women with cesarean section. Method: this is a qualitative research based on the social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz. Eight puerperal were interviewed in the year of 2012, who gave birth in maternities supported by health plans in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Results: women are influenced by close people when choosing to have a cesarean...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Shivering is a cause of discomfort and dissatisfaction in patients undergoing cesarean section. The objective of this study paper was to assess the impact of intrathecal administration of sufentanil on the incidence of shivering after cesarean section. METHOD In a prospective blinded, randomized clinical trial, pregnant women undergoing cesarean section under spinal ...

Objective: To determine the frequency of cesarean section and to analyze the indications, so as to introduce measures to control the cesarean section rate. Methodology: This descriptive study was conducted in obstetric and gynecology department of Isra university hospital Hyderabad Sindh from 1st Jan 2007 to 31st Dce 2007.In this study clinical record of all the patients who underwent cesarean ...

objectives we aimed to evaluate the association between obstetric conjugate diameter (ocd) measured by ultrasonography and the type of delivery, vaginally (v) or by cesarean (c) section. conclusion the us measurement of ocd might be an accurate method that almost always remains constant during late pregnancy; it is easy to measure and might be confidentially employed for predicting c-section, b...

OBJECTIVE Methergine increases constriction of uterine musculature which may facilitate sloughing of endometrial debris, close uterine vessels, and prevent post-cesarean endometritis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of methergine in preventing endometritis in patients undergoing non-elective cesarean section delivery. METHODS Eighty patients undergoing non-elective ce...