The prevalence of caesarean section (CS) is rising rapidly. However, it should be carried out
only under valid obstetric indications due to the various complications associated with it …

Doubling of C-section rates from year 2000 to 2015 globally was declared an eye-opener on
October 13, 2018, in FIGO World Congress. Rapid increase in rates without clear evidence …

Abstract Background Applying the Robson classification to all births in Brazil, the objectives
of our study were to estimate the rates of caesarean section delivery, assess the extent to …

Background Childhood obesity is rising in developed and develo** countries, while
childhood underweight is rising mainly in develo** countries. Childhood underweight has …

Objectives Caesarean section (CS) can be life‐saving for both mother and child, but in
Nigeria the CS rate remains low, at 2.7% of births. We aimed to estimate the rate of CS and …

Cesarean sections have become the most commonly performed operations around the
world. The World Health Organization recommended the use of the Robson classification …

Objective To examine trends and variations of caesarean section by economic status and
type of healthcare facility in Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) …

Aim To identify the underlying factors that may affect the changing rates of modes of delivery
over the decades based on Robson-10 group classification system (TGCS) in a single …

Objective The aim of this study is to determine the odds of caesarean section in all births in
teaching hospitals as compared with non-teaching hospitals. Setting Over 3600 teaching …

Background Rising caesarean-section rates worldwide are driven by non-medically
indicated caesarean-sections. A systematic review concluded that the ten-group …