A history of caesarean section: From ancient world to the modern era

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 357-361

  Todman, Donald ^a  

^a Brisbane Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; History; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; ERGOT ALKALOID; ERGOTAMINE; OXYTOCIN; PENICILLIN G; PHENOL; SULFONAMIDE;

CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HAND WASHING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34548734240     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00757.x     Document Type: Review

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