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C-section
n.
A cesarean section.

Cesarean section; C-section
Incision through the abdominal and uterine walls to deliver the fetus.

c-section.
C-section


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However, this does not mean that c-sections should always be offered as there are instances where breech delivery or ECV are viable options, provided the maternity unit and doctors have the support they need to help the mother deliver successfully.
After ascertaining that a patient was a definite candidate for a C-section, and the patient had gone into a labor, a first-year resident physician was unable to "remember " where he had been for almost two hours.
A study released by Kaiser Permanente indicates that while the rate of cesarean-section (CS) deliveries for first-time moms has continued to increase over the last ten years, there is a disproportionately higher rate of primary c-sections among African-American women.
 
 
 
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