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The court held that a cesarean section at the end of a full-term pregnancy was here deemed to be medically necessary by doctors to avoid a substantial risk that the fetus would die during delivery due to uterine rupture. The risk of uterine rupture was estimated at 4–6% according to the hospital's doctors and 2% according to Pemberton's doctors.
Jesse Bennett (July 10, 1769 – July 13, 1842) was the first American physician to perform a successful Caesarean section, which he performed on his own wife at the birth of their only child on January 14, 1794.
Caesarean section, also known as C-section, cesarean, or caesarean delivery, is the surgical procedure by which one or more babies are delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen. It is often performed because vaginal delivery would put the mother or child at risk. [ 2 ]
Nosek’s first birth had been a cesarean section, which she hoped to avoid this time. But she wasn’t set on a home birth, she told NBC News. She was prepared to go to the hospital or even have ...
Porro's operation - cesarean section, followed by removal of the uterus, together with its appendages, including the ovaries, leaving only the cervical portion of the uterus. [ 6 ] Porro-Müller operation - cesarean section in which the uterus is lifted from the abdominal cavity before the fetus is extracted
The Artamkin quintuplets were born in Oxford, England, on 10 November 2007, to Dimitri and Varvara Artamkin via Cesarean section. [59] They were the first set of quintuplets born to Russian parents. [citation needed] The Kroščen quintuplets were born in Prague, Czech Republic, on 2 June 2013, to Alexandra Kiňová and Antonín Kroščen of ...
In re A.C., 573 A.2d 1235 (1990), was a District of Columbia Court of Appeals case. It was the first American appellate court case decided against a forced Caesarean section, although the decision was issued after the fatal procedure was performed. [1]
ARDEN, N.C. — Rachel Kaplan was uninsured when she became pregnant last year. So her doctor suggested an alternative: a nonprofit called Sedera, which bills itself as a medical cost-sharing service.