She was digitalized, and when her condition seemed satisfactory, a classic cesarean section with sterilization was done under local anesthesia. The baby weighed 3 pounds, 7 ounces.

Cesarean section was performed in 20 cases (8 per cent), in 4 of them for severe abruption. In 5 cases section was done on patients with severe toxemia who developed eclampsia post partum; in 15 ...

This is called a low-transverse C-section. If the cut goes up and down, it is called a "classic C-section." Most of the time, C-sections are done when labor is not proceeding normally.

According to legend, somewhere in the lands of the Roman Republic, some time around 100 B.C.E., a man named Gaius Julius Caesar (perhaps you've heard of him) was brought into the world by being ...

C-section Rates Are Way Too High. We Need to Hold Doctors and Hospitals Accountable Around half a million excess cesarean births occur every year in the U.S., putting mothers’ lives at risk ...

Rates of cesarean deliveries, or C-sections, have risen in the developed world to more than 20 percent of births, even though the World Health Organization recommends this surgery only for the ...

Some women choose an elective cesarean delivery because it allows them to skip the pain and uncertain timing of natural labor. A C-section is medically necessary when complications develop such as ...

Whether Colorado mothers get cesarean sections can vary widely by hospital The state overall has a low rate of surgical deliveries, but individual hospitals’ rates ranged from 1 in 10 to 1 in 3 ...