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Jesse Bennett (July 10, 1769 – July 13, 1842) was the first American physician to perform a successful Caesarean section, which he performed on his own wife at the birth of their only child on January 14, 1794. [1] [2]
It was the first American appellate court case decided against a forced Caesarean section, although the decision was issued after the fatal procedure was performed. [168] Physicians performed a Caesarean section upon patient Angela Carder (née Stoner) without informed consent in an unsuccessful attempt to save the life of her baby. [169]
Although fetal delivery through caesarean section is a very common surgery done in the world, it comes with several risks including bleeding, infection, thromboembolism, and soft-tissue injury. During a caesarean section, a hysterotomy is utilized to make an incision in the uterus and remove the fetus. [8]
A resuscitative hysterotomy, also referred to as a perimortem Caesarean section (PMCS) or perimortem Caesarean delivery (PMCD), is a hysterotomy performed to resuscitate a woman in middle to late pregnancy who has entered cardiac arrest. [1]
Forceps births, like all assisted births, should only be undertaken to help promote the health of the mother or baby. In general, a forceps birth is likely to be safer for both the mother and baby than the alternatives – either a ventouse birth or a caesarean section – although caveats such as operator skill apply.
In the late 1940s, he brought his ideas to America, but saw similar ideas with differing names – "pain-free birth" and "prepared childbirth" – were already gaining traction. [4] The appeal of natural childbirth rested in the idea that merging physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of reproduction would create the best ...
A self-performed caesarean section is a form of self-surgery where a woman performs or attempts to perform a caesarean section on herself. Cases of self-inflicted caesarean section have been reported since the 18th and 19th century. While mostly deadly to either the woman, the child, or both, there are at least five known documented successful ...
Fetal surgical techniques were first developed at the University of California, San Francisco, in 1980 using animal models. [ 10 ] On April 26, 1981, the first successful human open fetal surgery in the world was performed at University of California, San Francisco, under the direction of Dr. Michael Harrison .