3. In maternal morbidity and mortality, comparing the elective cesarean section with planned vaginal delivery, it can be said that: a. There is a significant increase in maternal mortality with vaginal delivery. b. There is a significant increase in maternal morbidity with cesarean delivery. c. There is a reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality with cesarean delivery. d. Results are contr...

Uterine atony during cesarean delivery is a serious cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Management strategies include medical treatment with uterotonic agents, manual compression of the uterus, and interventional or surgical procedures. A novel technique to compress the uterus by wrapping it with an elastic bandage and its outcome in 3 cases of uterine atony during cesarean section are p...

PURPOSE Recent national guidelines encourage a trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) as a means of increasing vaginal births after cesarean (VBACs) and decreasing the high US cesarean birth rate and its consequences (2010 National Institute of Health Consensus Statement and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists revised guideline). A birthing center serving Amish women in Southwest...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative cost-effectiveness of attempted vaginal birth after cesarean delivery compared with elective repeat cesarean delivery. STUDY DESIGN We performed an historic cohort analysis of women with a single prior cesarean delivery who were delivered at our institution during 1999. Inclusion criteria were > or =36 weeks' gestation and carry...

BACKGROUND It has been recognized that preterm labor is related to short cervical length and that poor progress in labor is a major indication for cesarean section at term. We therefore hypothesize that long cervix is not associated with increased risk of cesarean delivery during labor at term. OBJECTIVES The objective is to determine the relationship between cervical length at mid-pregnancy ...

PATIENT Female, 36 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Pregnancy - placenta increta Symptoms: - MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: Cesarean hysterectomy Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology. OBJECTIVE Unusual clinical course. BACKGROUND The generally accepted treatment for placenta percreta is cesarean hysterectomy without attempts to detach the placenta. Preoperative internal iliac artery balloon occlusion (...

Objective. We aim to investigate methods and use of cervical ripening in women without and with a prior cesarean delivery in The Netherlands. Methods. In 2010, we conducted a postal survey in all Dutch hospitals with a labor ward. One gynecologist per hospital was addressed and was asked to respond on behalf of the staff. The questionnaire contained 31 questions concerning cervical ripening and...

Ugwu et al., 2011 [1] in their publication, in the last issue of the amhsr, did remarkably well in pointing out an increase in the rate of cesarean sections. They also noted that “the perinatal outcome is poor especially following emergency cesarean section (94.3%). [1] Reducing primary cesarean section rate and more encouragement of vaginal birth after one previous cesarean section may reduce ...

BACKGROUND/AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate pregnancy outcome during the bombing of Yugoslavia in the period from March 24 to June 9, 1999. METHODS A retrospective study included a total of 81 spontaneous abortion following XII gestation week, and 1448 deliveries, hospitalized in the regional hospital. The analyzed were: the incidence of spontaneous abortion, Cesarean section, post-t...

Background. Heterotopic pregnancy is a multiple gestation with both intrauterine and ectopic fetuses. A cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy is when the fetus has implanted over the previous hysterotomy site. A known complication of cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy is uterine rupture, which can cause great morbidity and mortality. Case. 28-year-old G5P3105 at 10 weeks with a dichorionic diamniotic ge...