RT Book, Section A1 El-Chaâr, Darine A2 Posner, Glenn D. A2 Black, Amanda Y. A2 Jones, Griffith A2 El-Chaâr, Darine SR Print(0) ID 1193313510 T1 Cesarean Section T2 Oxorn-Foote Human Labor & Birth, 7e YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260019414 LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193313510 RD 2024/03/28 AB Cesarean section is an operation by which a child is delivered through an incision in the abdominal wall and the uterus. The first professional cesarean section was performed in the United States in 1827. Before 1800, cesarean section was performed rarely and was usually fatal. In London and Edinburgh in 1877, of 35 cesareans performed, 33 resulted in the death of the mother. By 1877, there had been 71 cesarean section operations in the United States. The mortality rate was 52 percent, mainly because of infection and hemorrhage.