Which Type Cesarean Section?
- 19 February 1948
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 238 (8) , 241-248
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194802192380801
Abstract
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 absolutely the safety of the various procedures because of the variance in skill of individual operators and hospital equipment and also because the results reported by individual operators and clinics are not standardized so far as the condition of the patient at the time a particular technic was chosen for abdominal delivery is concerned.The classic method results in the highest morbidity and mortality because the uterine incision . . .Keywords
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