[Surgical technique in Cesarean section. Evidence or tradition?]. / Operationsteknik ved kejsersnit. Evidens eller tradition?

The literature was reviewed in order to find clinical-epidemiological and physiological evidence for which surgical techniques should be preferred when performing Caesarean section. We found reasonable evidence for the following procedure: spontaneous placenta detachment, uterine repair in one layer and non-closure of the peritoneum.

[Listeriosis in the third trimester of pregnancy]. / Listeriosis i tredje trimester-graviditet.

A case of fatal intrauterine listeriosis in the third trimester of pregnancy is described. The patient presented with preterm labour and was delivered by emergency caesarean section on suspicion of foetal distress. The child was stillborn. The diagnosis was based on specific histopathological findings in the foetus and the placenta.