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[Cesarean section on request--a medical and psychosomatic problem].

B Schücking1, P Rott, F Siedentopf

  • 1Universität Osnabrück, FB 8, Gesundheitswissenschaften. Beate.Schücking@rz.uni-osnabrück.de

Zentralblatt Fur Gynakologie
|June 2, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Elective caesarean sections requested by mothers lack scientific evidence of benefits in pediatrics and psychosocial medicine. Obstetrician views indicate disadvantages outweigh benefits, making it an unacceptable routine procedure.

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Area of Science:

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • Evidence-Based Medicine

Context:

  • Increasing trend of maternal request for elective Caesarean sections.
  • Need for multidisciplinary scientific evaluation of elective Caesarean births.
  • Current debates in obstetrics regarding maternal request for Caesarean sections.

Purpose:

  • To evaluate the scientific evidence for and against elective Caesarean sections requested by mothers.
  • To synthesize findings from pediatrics, psychosocial medicine, and obstetrics.
  • To determine the acceptability of elective Caesarean sections as a routine procedure based on current data.

Summary:

  • No scientific evidence supports benefits of elective Caesarean sections for pediatric or psychosocial outcomes.

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  • Obstetrician perspectives reveal that disadvantages of elective Caesarean sections outweigh the benefits.
  • Elective Caesarean sections performed solely on maternal request, without other medical indications, are not supported as a routine procedure.

    • Impact:

    • Informs clinical decision-making regarding Caesarean sections on maternal request.
    • Highlights the importance of evidence-based practice in obstetrics.
    • Contributes to the ongoing discussion on optimizing delivery methods for maternal and infant well-being.