Women run 5 to 7 times the risk of death with cesarean section compared with
vaginal birth.14, 29 Complications
during and after the surgery include surgical injury to the bladder, uterus and blood vessels (2 per 100), 30 hemorrhage (1 to 6 women per 100 require a blood transfusion), 30
anesthesia accidents, blood clots in the legs (6 to 20 per 1000), 30 pulmonary embolism (1 to 2 per 1000), 30 paralyzed bowel (10 to 20 per 100 mild cases, 1 in 100 severe), 30 and infection (up to 50 times morecommon).1 One in ten women report difficulties with normal activities two months after the birth, 23 and one in four report pain at the incision site as a major problem.9 One in fourteen still report incisional pain six months or more after
delivery.9 Twice as many women require rehospitalization as women having normal
vaginal birth.18 Especially with unplanned cesarean section, women are more likely to experience negative emotions, including lower self - esteem, a sense of failure, loss of control, and disappointment.
Using data from the Society for Obstetric
Anesthesia and Perinatology's (SOAP's) Serious Complication Repository (SCORE) project — a large, comprehensive database that systematically captures delivery statistics and tracks complications — the authors identified more than 257,000 deliveries (including both vaginal and cesarean) where epidural, spinal or general anesthesia was administered during c
Anesthesia and Perinatology's (SOAP's) Serious Complication Repository (SCORE) project — a large, comprehensive database that systematically captures
delivery statistics and tracks complications — the authors identified more than 257,000
deliveries (including both
vaginal and cesarean) where epidural, spinal or general
anesthesia was administered during c
anesthesia was administered
during childbirth.