Prolonged operative time of repeat cesarean is a risk marker for post-operative maternal complications

• Main Authors: Misgav Rottenstreich (Author), Hen Y. Sela (Author), Ori Shen (Author), Rachel Michaelson-Cohen (Author), Arnon Samueloff (Author), Orna Reichman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Repeat cesarean delivery (CD) accounts for approximately 15% of all annual deliveries in the US with an estimated 656,250 operations per year. We aimed to study whether prolonged operative time (OT; skin incision to closure) is a risk marker for post-operative maternal complicati...