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...

background & aim: sexual activity is one of the most important aspects of a marital life. childbirth is also a major event in the life of women, and the period of postpartum is a time of emotional upheaval. since women believe that vaginal delivery could negatively affect their sexual function after childbirth, they tend to give birth through caesarean section. therefore, this study aimed to ev...

background: abnormal umbilical cord ph can be indicated a distress imposed of newborn and can also be useful in determining the prognosis of the newborn. there are different views about the effect of the neonatal delivery method on the blood gas analysis of the umbilical artery. this study aimed to determine the effect of the method of delivery on umbilical artery ph. methods: in this cross –se...

background & aim: postpartum period is accompanied by significant changes in women’s quality of life. these alterations can affect the health of mothers and children. considering the importance of postnatal quality of life and its different contributing factors, this study aimed to compare women’s quality of life after vaginal delivery and cesarean section. methods:this retrospective cohort stu...

OBJECTIVE To examine the obstetric and perinatal outcome of pregnancies with singleton breech presentation at term when selection for vaginal delivery was based on clear prelabor and intrapartum criteria. METHODS The outcomes of all pregnancies with a breech presentation after 37 weeks of gestation were retrospectively reviewed from January 1997 to June 2000. Criteria for prelabor cesarean or...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the risk of emergency cesarean section according to the prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain per the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines. METHODS A retrospective analysis of data from 2,765 women with singleton full-term births (2009 to 2012) who attempted a vaginal delivery was conducted. Pregnancies with preeclampsia, chronic hypertension, d...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors associated with a vaginal second delivery in women who had one previous cesarean section. METHODS A nested case-control study was carried out as a secondary data analysis of an original retrospective, population-based cohort study of women who delivered their first child during 1985 in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, and who were interviewed 10 years lat...

PURPOSE To analyze the impact of vaginal delivery after a previous cesarean section on perinatal outcomes. METHODS Case-control study with selection of incident cases and consecutive controls. Maternal and perinatal variables were analyzed. We compared secundiparas who had a vaginal delivery after a previous cesarean delivery (VBAC) (n=375) with secundiparas who had a second cesarean section ...