1Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Santhiram Medical College and General Hospital, Nandyal, Kurnool District
2Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool
3Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Santhiram Medical College and General Hospital, Nandyal, Kurnool District
4Consultant Gynaecologist, GNR Hospital, Kurnool
5Professor & HOD, Department of Pathology, Santhiram Medical College and General Hospital, Nandyal, Kurnool
Online published on 13 July, 2015.
The aim of this study is to assess and analyze the rate of caesarean section with particular reference to primary caesarean delivery.
Retrospective study done in a tertiary care hospital by collecting the data of caesarean section (C/S) particularly primary C/S, which was done in cases of primigravida over a period of one year i.e., from January to December 2011.
The overall C/S rate was 24.73% and the primary C/S was 27.87%. Cephalopelvic disproportion was the leading cause of C/S.
The raising rate of primary C/S over period of years is alarming. The rate of C/S could be reduced with a good mix of staff in the labour wards including both consultants and midwives and also careful monitoring of electronic fetal heart rate.
Caesarean section, cephalopelvic disproportion, primigravida
