As the number of cesarean sections has increased over the past 30 years, a faster surgical closure technique has gained widespread use but may increase long-term complications.

Objectives Since 1985, the international healthcare community has recommended the ideal rate of caesarean section (CS) to be 10%–15% at the national level. The literature has reported that overused CS ...

Lutheran Hospital said Monday that it had a 29% drop last year in cesarean births among first-time moms compared to 2024.

Reducing first-time C-sections allows for faster healing after birth, lower risk of infections and complications, better bonding and breastfeeding, along with shorter hospital stays and lower costs.

In a recently published review article from Lund University in the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, researchers have analyzed the incidence of cesarean sections in ...

Beyond medical emergencies, a new generation is choosing elective C-sections to reclaim control over pain, timing, and their bodies. There was no emergency. No complication. No medical reason at all.

When Clarel Antoine, MD, of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City, reflected on his decades-long career performing hundreds of cesarean sections, he realized his patients didn't seem to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifteen years ago, Effie Phillips-Staley gave birth to a beautiful daughter at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. It was a ...

Fifteen years ago, Effie Phillips-Staley gave birth to a beautiful daughter at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. It was a routine C-section — performed by the attending physician because her ...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of epidural and spinal anesthesia techniques on neonatal cerebral oxygenation during cesarean surgery using near-infrared spectroscopy. The ...