ABDOMINAL delivery may be accomplished in one of three ways: by the classic technic, by the low-segment operation or by some form of extraperitoneal cesarean section. It is not possible to compare ...

We’ve come a long way from the first documented successful caesarean. In 1500, Swiss farmer Jacob Nufer operated on his wife after a labour of several days. She went on to have five more vaginal ...

Thirty-five years ago when the classic technic, with its inherent anatomic deficiencies, was in vogue, this statement might have had some justification since rupture of the uterus after a previous ...

And for adults ages 19 to 28, the risk was 10% higher. A C-section birth translated into an 18% greater risk of obesity for boys and a 12% increased risk of obesity for girls, according to the study.

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 49, No. 8 (December 2021), pp. 891-898 (8 pages) Aims: Caesarean section (CS) is a medical intervention performed in Norway when a surgical delivery is ...

The mothers who had a caesarean section were also on average 1.9 years older and had a higher body mass index (BMI). But these differences did not affect the baby’s development.