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cesarean

[si-zair-ee-uhn] / sɪˈzɛər i ən /




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The system, as she saw it, did not just prevent doctors from performing a necessary procedure, it encouraged them to perform unnecessary ones, such as Cesarean sections.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023

Cesarean sections, immunizations for polio, tuberculosis, tetanus and measles, diagnoses and treatment of TB, malaria, H.I.V., childhood nutrition, surgeries and routine health services, including family planning — all are at risk.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2021

An experienced obstetrician and gynecologist, Greg Walker Sr. completed a successful Cesarean section — which requires incisions in the uterus and abdomen to deliver a child.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2021

When an emergency Cesarean needs to be performed on an injured mother, the film documents the doctors’ efforts to deliver the baby and get it to live.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2019

Instances of repeated Cesarean section are mentioned on page 130.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)