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EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2007; 13 (2): 457-460
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-157010
ABSTRACT
To determine the trends of caesarean section in teaching hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, a retrospective analysis was performed on the obstetric data from 3 hospitals in a 5- year period. The caesarean section rate increased from 35.4% of deliveries in 1999 to 42.3% in 2003. The data showed that there was a steady increase in elective operations that might explain the rise in overall caesarean section rate