The main complications with a Caesarean are: Infection of the wound or womb lining. Blood clots. Excessive bleeding. Damage to nearby areas, such as the bladder or the tubes that connect the ...

Despite the widespread application of standard aseptic techniques during vaginal birth, cesarean birth, and/or termination of pregnancy, postpregnancy infections remain a significant source of ...

One such project is thermal imaging on Caesarean wounds, which is led by Dr Jon Willmott (under the ADC), to investigate the relationship between temperature and likelihood of surgical site infection ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2008;53(3):236-246. A 1999 Cochrane review of 51 randomized trials concluded that a single dose of either ampicillin or a first-generation cephalosporin administered at ...