cesarean

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Cesarean sections may lead to infections and potentially life-threatening blood clots.

From New York Times • May 28, 2023

Cesarean delivery rates are higher for Black women than white women, 36.8% and 31%, respectively, in 2021.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

The system, as she saw it, did not just prevent doctors from performing a necessary procedure, it encouraged them to perform unnecessary ones, such as Cesarean sections.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023

We had no trouble conceiving, but I had a challenging pregnancy and a traumatic labor resulting in an emergency Cesarean and an awful recovery.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2020

She died in about twenty minutes, and in about twenty minutes more a living child was extracted from her by Cesarean section.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)