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Maternal Outcomes and Complications after Repeated Cesarean Sections among Zagazig University Hospital Patients

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Abstract

Background
Cesarean section (CS) is among the most common obstetric operations globally, and recent research shows a rise in the prevalence of CS. Maternal morbidity related to CS is a major public health concern across the world. This necessitates a study of the impact of recurrent CSs on mother morbidity.

Method
This Cross-sectional study was carried out on 165 women in Zagazig University Hospitals by analyzing the data and records of all women who underwent multiple repeated CSs. The women were allocated according to the number of CSs into 3 groups, the maternal complications as adhesions or blood transfusion requirements of all groups were examined retrospectively.

Results
Our results revealed that the most frequent complication was adhesion ~59.39%, followed by intraoperative hemorrhage and need for blood transfusion (19.4%), and the less frequent complication was endometritis and no maternal death. There was a significant difference between the groups regarding maternal age, BMI, hospital stay, and operative time, while no significance was found in pre/postoperative hemoglobin.

Conclusion
Our results endorse our assumption that the risk of maternal complications increases as the number of CSs increases. There is no clear absolute threshold for the number of CSs, but a total of 4 or more CS deliveries was identified as the critical level for most complications. Adhesions were the most prevalent complication in our research group, followed by intraoperative hemorrhage. To reduce related problems, the number of CSs must be reduced. The patient should be advised that vaginal birth after CS is an option.

DOI

10.21608/zumj.2021.99566.2368

Keywords

Multiple cesarean sections, Maternal complication, morbidity, intraabdominal dense adhesion

Authors

First Name

Ali

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

El-Shabrawy

Affiliation

Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

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alielshabrawy59@yahoo.com

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First Name

Amira

Last Name

Badr

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Affiliation

Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

amirabadr3030@gmail.com

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First Name

Manal

Last Name

El-Behairy

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

manalel-behairy@yahoo.com

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First Name

Waeel

Last Name

Nosser

MiddleName

Sabry

Affiliation

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.

Email

waelsabry2030@gmail.com

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Volume

30

Article Issue

1.4

Related Issue

48036

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2021-10-04

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

214

Page End

221

Print ISSN

1110-1431

Online ISSN

2357-0717

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https://zumj.journals.ekb.eg/article_201088.html

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273

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Publication Title

Zagazig University Medical Journal

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Maternal Outcomes and Complications after Repeated Cesarean Sections among Zagazig University Hospital Patients

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30 Dec 2024