cesarean section
A surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus, performed to deliver a fetus.
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How to use cesarean section in a sentence
The surgical risks of a fifth cesarean section also cannot be downplayed.
Even gorier are the flashback scenes when Aristotle attends his physician father for a cesarean section and trepanation.
After a cesarean section there is more or less danger of rupture at the scar in other labors.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyIf the convalescence after the cesarean section already done has been abnormal, the prognosis for rupture is not good.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyHe narcotized her, took her in a train to a hospital, delivered her by cesarean section, and saved her and the child.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'Malley
Hofmeier compiled 194 cases of transperitoneal cervical cesarean section with three deaths.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyThe ordinary practitioner, however, is utterly unfitted to do a cesarean section of any kind.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'Malley
Cultural definitions for Cesarean section
[ (si-zair-ee-uhn) ]
Childbirth by surgical removal of the fetus through an incision made in the wall of the abdomen and in the uterus, usually used as an alternative when natural delivery through the vagina is considered risky. The number of Cesarean sections in the United States has increased sharply in recent years, causing concern among patients, surgeons, and insurers.
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