Showing posts with label cesarean incision. Show all posts
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Researchers' Goof: Transverse CS Incisions ARE Better in High BMI Women!

EXTRA, EXTRA!  Researchers messed up the conclusion of earlier cesarean incision study!  Transverse (side-to-side) incisions really are bett...
Sunday, September 2, 2018

Staples vs. Sutures During Cesareans in High BMI Women

Women of size have higher rates of cesareans in many studies. Many of them are probably preventable but the fact remains that high-BMI women...
Thursday, July 12, 2018

Honey for Cesarean Wound Healing?

We've discussed honey for wound healing before , and specifically for cesarean wound healing. We talked about the mechanics of how honey...
Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Supraumbilical Incisions Associated with Greater Risk in Obese Women

Here is yet another study showing that vertical incisions (supraumbilical, in this case) results in suboptimal outcomes, even in "morb...