ASSESSMENT OF CESAREAN SECTION TECHNIQUES IN A UNIVERSITY AND A MILITARY HOSPITAL IN EGYPT

Abstract

The number of cesarean deliveries has been growing rapidly in many countries (Lancet, 2000). Recently, both health professionals and researchers expressed concern about the rise in C.S, with some referring to it as an emerging "Global epidemic" (Savage, 2000). There is a large variation in the rates of cesarean, both in high and low income countries, as well as between different institutions within these countries (Althabe et al, 2006). In Egypt, a significant rise in C.S deliveries occurred for all births, from a low of 4.6 % in 1992 to 10.3 % in 2000. However hospital-based C.S was much higher in 1987-1988 13.9 % increasing to 22% in 1999-2000 (Khawaja et al, 2004). Concern about the rising rate of CS is based predominantly on an increase in maternal mortality and