Maternal and neonatal individual risks and benefits associated with caesarean delivery: multicentre prospective study

2007690 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

José Villar · University of Oxford

Guillermo Carroli · Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales

Nelly Zavaleta · Instituto de Investigación Nutricional

Allan Donner · Western University

Daniel Wojdyla · Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales

Aníbal Faúndes

Alejandro Velazco · Hospital Oncológico Docente "Conrado Benítez García"

Abstract

Caesarean delivery independently reduces overall risk in breech presentations and risk of intrapartum fetal death in cephalic presentations but increases the risk of severe maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in cephalic presentations.

Topics & Keywords

Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Global Maternal and Child Health Maternal and fetal healthcare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ

Volume 335, Issue 7628, pp. 1025-1025

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39363.706956.55

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