Open AccessCAESAREAN SECTION
Author(s) -
Habiba Sharaf Ali,
Neelofer Saleem,
Farah Agha
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2010.17.03.2857
Subject(s) - caesarean section , medicine , obstetrics and gynaecology , obstetrics , elective caesarean section , gynecology , section (typography) , pregnancy , family medicine , genetics , advertising , business , biology
Objective: To determine what surgical techniques are used by obstetricians in Pakistan for caesarean section operations and to compare it with the recommendation, proposal and guidelines of Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynecologist (RCOG) and Cochrane Reviews. Methods: A questionnaire was set up regarding surgical technique used during caesarean section and one hundred obstetricians were part of study. Setting: Hospitals in two large cities of Pakistan i.e. Karachi and Rawalpindi were requested to fill them. Period: Jan 2009 to June 2009. Result: Substantial and remarkable and difference noted in the practice of caesarean section among the obstetricians. Certain practices and procedures performed by our obstetrician are same as proved to be beneficial and valuable based on evidence and recommended by the RCOG and Cochrane Data on pregnancy. Conclusion: We observed that our obstetricians follow different surgical techniques for performing caesarean section. Some of the techniques follow recommendations by RCOG and provide to effective and beneficial by cochrane data.