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Caesarean section, also known as C-section, cesarean, or caesarean delivery, is the surgical procedure by which one or more babies are delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen. It is often performed because vaginal delivery would put the mother or child at risk (like paralysis or even death). [ 2 ]
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.
Jakob Nufer was a Swiss pig gelder who, around 1500, reportedly performed the first successful Caesarean section in history in which the mother (his wife) survived. [1]His wife allegedly bore five more children, including twins, and the baby delivered by Caesarean section purportedly lived to the age of 77.
On 25 September 1881, in the town of Meckesheim, he performed the first modern C-section. The patient was a 26-year-old woman, and the operation proved to be a success. Prior to Kehrer's operation, Caesarean sections were seldom performed, and when they were, the mortality rate of mothers was very high.
In the history of the caesarean section, the work of the Italian obstetrician Eduardo Porro represents a pivotal stage in the development of the procedure in the modern era. It was a surgical, obstetric, but also human revolution. Porro performed a hysterectomy during a caesarean operation in order to control haemorrhage and prevent peritonitis ...
Emergency C-sections are surgical procedures that typically lasts 5-10 minutes and are performed when a mother or baby's life is endangered.
Purdy was the first to see Brown's embryonic cells dividing. [3] Louise Joy Brown was born on 25 July 1978 at Oldham's General Hospital, via a planned C-section performed by John Webster. [4] She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces (2.608 kg) at birth. [1]
When Marisa Christie arrived at the hospital for a planned cesarean section to deliver her triplets, everything seemed to be going smoothly. But soon after giving birth, something unusual happened.