• World journal of surgery · Sep 2010

    Percentage of cesarean sections among total surgical procedures in sub-Saharan Africa: possible indicator of the overall adequacy of surgical care.

    • Adam L Kushner, Reinou S Groen, and T Peter Kingham.
    • Surgeons OverSeas (SOS), 303 East 60th Street, Suite 28E, New York, NY 10022, USA. adamkushner@yahoo.com
    • World J Surg. 2010 Sep 1;34(9):2007-8.

    AbstractThe aim of this study was to assess emergency and essential surgical care in low-income countries, review of the literature to obtain data on the number of cesarean sections, and compare the results with the total number of all operations. This cesarean section/total operations ratio was much higher for low-income countries than for high-income countries. We recommend more research into the validity of this tool for use as a possible proxy indicator for overall adequacy of emergency and essential surgical care.

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