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Maternal morbidity after elective repeat caesarean section after two or more previous procedures
- Source :
- European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 106:10-13
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2003.
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Abstract
- Objectives: To determine the incidence of maternal morbidity following elective caesarean section in women with a history of at least two previous caesarean sections, and to determine if the incidence of morbidity correlates with the number of previous sections. Study design: We conducted an individual chart review of all women who had an elective caesarean section because of a history of two previous sections from 1990 to 1999. Results: There were 67,097 deliveries of babies weighing 500 g or more. The total number of cases eligible for the study was 250. There were 12 cases (4.8%) of placenta praevia of which four required a transfusion and two a hysterectomy. The incidence of wound infection was 6.3% and urinary tract infection was 11.2%. There were no cases of thromboembolism recorded. Conclusions: Maternal morbidity with elective repeat caesarean section is low. The major morbidity is associated with placenta praevia. We found no correlation between the incidence of maternal morbidity and the number of previous sections.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Urinary system
medicine.medical_treatment
Statistics as Topic
Urinary Bladder
Placenta Previa
Pregnancy
medicine
Humans
Caesarean section
Cesarean Section, Repeat
Retrospective Studies
Gynecology
Hysterectomy
business.industry
Obstetrics
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Urinary Bladder Diseases
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Retrospective cohort study
Delivery, Obstetric
medicine.disease
Placenta previa
Reproductive Medicine
Female
business
Ireland
Placenta Diseases
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03012115
- Volume :
- 106
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....129dfde2496b76c14cf4c574fbb29263