INTRODUCTION International guidelines suggest that non-urgent planned deliveries be scheduled at or after 39 weeks. Despite this recommendation elective cesarean often occurs before 39 weeks. Some research has demonstrated that elective cesarean before 39 weeks poses a greater risk to the infants than at or after 39 weeks. OBJECTIVE To evaluate neonatal morbidity in term newborns born by elec...

Background: Non Descent Vaginal Hysterectomy (NDVH) is removal of uterus through vagina in absence of cervical descent. Objective: To assess safety, feasibility of NDVH in patients with previous cesarean section. Methods: Prospective study was conducted at department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of rural Tertiary care centre of Central India from January 2013 to December 2014. Effort was made t...

The implantation of a pregnancy within the scar of a previous cesarean section is known as a "cesarean scar pregnancy." Its incidence was reported to be 6.1%. However, with the increasing rates of cesarean sections, the incidence is expected to rise. A variety of conservative and surgical treatment modalities have been proposed for the management of cesarean scar pregnancy; however, there are n...

Cesarean section has a long history in the evolution of obstetrics and human culture. Once, while cesarean was performed on dying woman order to save infant’s life, today its rates high middle income countries have increased dramatically. However, sections are not justified by WHO recommendations 2015 which stated that CS above 10-15% were associated with lower maternal or neonatal mortality. G...

only marginally increased among women undergoing a trial of labor2 than among those undergrant an elective repeat cesarean section (0.4% vs 0.2% OR=2.1), with a significant decrease in need for transfusion (OR=0.57) or hysterectomy (OR=0.39), has led authorities to encourage vaginal birth after cesarean3. A group of investigators concluded4 that among women with a previously scarred uterus, ind...

OBJECTIVE To describe the factors associated with unjustified Cesarean section. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Four hospitals providing obstetric services, two that serve patients insured through their employer (contributive regimen) and two that serve privately insured patients, in Cali, Colombia. STUDY PARTICIPANTS Four hundred and sixteen patients with Cesarean section performed...