Abstract
Determining the Prevalence and Causes of Cesarean Section in the Ahvaz Amir-a-lmomenin Hospital affiliated to the Social Security Organization in 2009
Highlights
Pregnant women delivery happens in vaginal and Caesarean ways
The cesarean rate is different in different statistics
It is not possible to provide a complete list of all indications for cesarean section, more than 85% of cesarean delivery are due to previous cesarean, fetal distress, dystocia, and breech presentation [1]
Summary
Four common reason for cesarean are repeated cesarean, dystocia or disorder in the development of vaginal delivery, breech presentation and fetal distress [1]. The cesarean rate is different in different statistics. In Brazilian government centers, it is 25 percent in Chile, 27 to 28% and in 19 countries in Latin America, cesarean rates have been reported between 16.8 and 40% [2,3,4]. Given that international acceptable level for Caesarean section delivery is 25 percent [5], statistics show higher percent of cesarean rate in Iran [6,7,8,9]. It is not possible to provide a complete list of all indications for cesarean section, more than 85% of cesarean delivery are due to previous cesarean, fetal distress, dystocia, and breech presentation [1]
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