Almost one-third of births in the U.S. are delivered by cesarean section — or C-section. Surgical births are performed in the hospital, with a medical team present. Gentle C-sections allow you more ...

An Alexis wound retractor (AWR) “about the size of a dinner plate” was accidentally left in a woman’s abdomen after giving birth via c-section in 2020 Getty Surgeons performing C-Section in operating ...

Four teams were assembled at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute to save a mother. — -- In any emergency medical procedure, doctors are quick to make a plan and jump into action. But for the ...

Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition in which the placenta attaches to scar tissue left by a C-section. It used ...

Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno photographed on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno was recently fined almost $90,000 for wrongfully ...

Vaginal birth after a previous cesarean section is associated with an increased risk of pelvic floor surgery compared with planning another cesarean, according to a new study. The findings provide ...

Vaginal birth after a previous cesarean section is associated with an increased risk of pelvic floor surgery compared with planning another cesarean, according to research publishing November 22 nd in ...

Cesarean rates in Puerto Rico have surged, surpassing 50% of all deliveries, compared to 32% on the U.S. mainland, according to a federal report. Cesarean delivery rates on the island increased for ...

A young mother from Dehradun died after a cesarean delivery turned fatal due to alleged surgical negligence, prompting a high-level investigation and hospital licence suspension.