Dr. Bergoy walks us through the risks and benefits of elective cesarean delivery.

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• neonatal and maternal mortality
• • https://www.acog.org/Clinical-Guidance-and-Publications/Obstetric-Care-Consensus-Series/Safe-Prevention-of-the-Primary-Cesarean-Delivery
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=24631705%5Buid%5D
  • https://www.uptodate.com/contents/cesarean-delivery-on-maternal-request?search=cesarean%20section%20complications&source=search_result&selectedTitle=6~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=6#H16
• Primary cs vs trial of labor
• • Visco et al's review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=visco+cesarean+delivery+on+maternal+request+obstetrics+and+gynecology+2006
  • Declercq et al's study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Declercq+et+al%2C+green+journal%2C+109(3)%2C+2007+%C2%ABMaternal+Outcomes+Associated+With+Planned+Primary+Cesarean+Births+Compared+With+Planned+Vaginal+Births%C2%BB
  • Allen et al https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16880297
  • Liu et al, AJOG, vol 212 issue 6 2015. "Cesarean delivery on maternal request in China: what are the risks and benefits?" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=25640048
  • Liu et al, CMAJ, vol 176, issue 4 2007 "Maternal mortality and severe morbidity associated with low-risk planned cesarean delivery versus planned vaginal delivery at term" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1800583/
• TOLAC vs secondary elective cesarean
• • Guise et al, Obstet gynecol, june 2010 vol 115, no 6, "Vaginal birth after cesarean: new insights on maternal and neonatal outcomes." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=20502300
  • Crowther et al, PLoS med, 2012, 9(3). «Planned Vaginal Birth or Elective Repeat Caesarean: Patient Preference Restricted Cohort with Nested Randomised Trial«
• RDS
• • Hansen et al BMJ 2008 "Risk of respiratory morbidity in term infants delivered by elective caesarean section: cohort study" https://www.bmj.com/content/336/7635/85
• Long term complications
• • Marshall et al «Impact of multiple cesarean deliveries on maternal morbidity: a systematic review» Am J Obstet Gynecol
    2011;205:26 2.e1-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22071057
  • Keag et al systematic review and metaanalysis of long term risks and benefits of cs vs vag delivery for mother and child from jan 18 in PLoS med https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002494
  • editorial in the green journal from 2011 on the evidence of CS as protective of pelvic floor damage https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21934440
• composite outcomes
• • Freemantle et al Jama 2003 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/196588
  • Cordoba et al BMJ 2010 https://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c3920
• Various
• • An article on how to counsel a patient on risks and benefits woth cesarean on maternal request from Jama 2013 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1685873
  • NNT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524406/