Caesarean section, also known as C-section, cesarean, or caesarean delivery, is the surgical procedure by which one or more babies are delivered through...

self-performed caesarean section is a form of self-surgery where a woman attempts to perform a caesarean section on herself. Cases of self-inflicted caesarean section...

A lower (uterine) segment caesarean section (LSCS) is the most commonly used type of caesarean section. Most commonly, a baby is delivered by making a...

after caesarean section (VBAC) Elective repeat caesarean section (ERCS) Both have higher risks than a vaginal birth with no previous caesarean section. There...

obstetrics. Most babies in the breech position are delivered via caesarean section because it is seen as safer than being born vaginally. Doctors and...

as it is correlated with lower morbidity and mortality than caesarean sections (C-sections), though it is not clear whether this is causal. 70% of births...

exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section. In 2019, there were about 140.11 million human births globally. In...

Caesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR) is a caesarean section birth requested by the pregnant woman without a medical reason. The concept of "Caesarean...

resuscitative hysterotomy, also referred to as a perimortem Caesarean section (PMCS) or perimortem Caesarean delivery (PMCD), is a hysterotomy performed to resuscitate...

baby's heart rate) and may require the mother to have an emergency caesarean section. There is no high quality evidence to indicate if IV oxytocin should...