Background Over 80,000 pregnant women died in Nigeria due to pregnancy-related
complications in 2020. Evidence shows that if appropriately conducted, caesarean section …

Background: Monitoring caesarean sections at hospital level is essential to reduce
unnecessary caesarean sections while still ensuring adequate access to caesarean section …

Cesarean delivery rates are rapidly increasing in Southeastern Europe (to more than 60%),
North Africa (with a rate as high as 72% in Egypt), and in urban areas in Southern Africa (a …

Background: Caesarean section (CS) performed in an emergency can be life-saving for both
the pregnant woman and her baby. In Nigeria, CS rates have been estimated to be 2.7 …

Background In order to meet the Sustainable Development Goal to decrease maternal
mortality, increased access to obstetric interventions such as Caesarean sections (CS) is of …

Materials and Methods This was a retrospective study in which the case records of the
patients, who were diagnosed of fetal distress at Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki …

Methods Two groups of 100 consecutive cases from October 2014 and 100 from February
2015 were retrospectively selected that resulted in caesarean. These case notes were …

Results: The mean age of the study population was 27.2±5.5 years with fifty-three per cent
(53.1%) of the women between the ages of 20-29 years. Majority of the participants (67.1%) …

Background: Caesarean section (CS) is a major obstetric surgery done for pregnant women
and is lifesaving. Aim: The study was aimed at reviewing CS at the Rivers State University …

Introduction: Caesarean section is a surgical procedure used in delivering a baby by
incising the abdomen and uterus of the mother. In a typical Nigerian culture, it is seen as a …