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Comparison of transverse and vertical skin incision for emergency cesarean delivery.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20502282     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To compare incision-to-delivery intervals and related maternal and neonatal outcomes by skin incision in primary and repeat emergent cesarean deliveries.
METHODS: From 1999 to 2000, a prospective cohort study of all cesarean deliveries was conducted at 13 hospitals comprising the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network. This secondary analysis was limited to emergent procedures, defined as those performed for cord prolapse, abruption, placenta previa with hemorrhage, nonreassuring fetal heart rate tracing, or uterine rupture. Incision-to-delivery intervals, incision-to-closure intervals, and maternal outcomes were compared by skin-incision type (transverse compared with vertical) after stratifying for primary compared with repeat singleton cesarean delivery. Neonatal outcomes were compared by skin-incision type.
RESULTS: Of the 37,112 live singleton cesarean deliveries, 3,525 (9.5%) were performed for emergent indications of which 2,498 (70.9%) were performed by transverse and the remaining 1,027 (29.1%) by vertical incision. Vertical skin incision shortened median incision-to-delivery intervals by 1 minute (3 compared with 4 minutes, P<.001) in primary and 2 minutes (3 compared with 5 minutes, P<.001) in repeat cesarean deliveries. Total median operative time was longer after vertical skin incision by 3 minutes in primary (46 compared with 43 minutes, P<.001) and 4 minutes in repeat cesarean deliveries (56 compared with 52 minutes, P<.001). Neonates delivered through a vertical incision were more likely to have an umbilical artery pH of less than 7.0 (10% compared with 7%, P=.02), to be intubated in the delivery room (17% compared with 13%, P=.001), or to be diagnosed with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (3% compared with 1%, P<.001).
CONCLUSION: In emergency cesarean deliveries, neonatal delivery occurred more quickly after a vertical skin incision, but this was not associated with improved neonatal outcomes.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
Authors:
Blair J Wylie; Sharon Gilbert; Mark B Landon; Catherine Y Spong; Dwight J Rouse; Kenneth J Leveno; Michael W Varner; Steve N Caritis; Paul J Meis; Ronald J Wapner; Yoram Sorokin; Menachem Miodovnik; Mary J O'Sullivan; Baha M Sibai; Oded Langer;
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Obstetrics and gynecology     Volume:  115     ISSN:  1873-233X     ISO Abbreviation:  Obstet Gynecol     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-26     Completed Date:  2010-07-01     Revised Date:  2011-12-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401101     Medline TA:  Obstet Gynecol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1134-40     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. bwylie@partners.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Cesarean Section / methods*
Cesarean Section, Repeat / methods
Emergencies
Female
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Length of Stay
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Prospective Studies
Skin / surgery
Time Factors
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HD21410/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD21414/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD27860/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD27861/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD27869/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD27905/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD27915/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD27917/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD34122/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD34136/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD34208/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD34210/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD36801/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; U10 HD040485-01/HD/NICHD NIH HHS
Investigator
Investigator/Affiliation:
M Belfort / ; F Porter / ; B Oshiro / ; K Anderson / ; A Guzman / ; S Bloom / ; J Gold / ; D Bradford / ; M Cotroneo / ; D Fischer / ; M Luce / ; G Burkett / ; J Gilles / ; J Potter / ; F Doyle / ; S Chandler / ; M Byrne / ; A Sciscione / ; M DiVito / ; M Talucci / ; M Pollock / ; M Harper / ; M Swain / ; C Moorefield / ; K Lanier / ; L Steele / ; J Iams / ; F Johnson / ; S Meadows / ; H Walker / ; T Siddiqi / ; H How / ; N Elder / ; M Dombrowski / ; G Norman / ; A Millinder / ; C Sudz / ; B Steffy / ; J Hauth / ; A Northen / ; S Tate / ; A Moawad / ; J Hibbard / ; P Jones / ; M Ramos-Brinson / ; M Moran / ; D Scott / ; B Mabie / ; H How / ; R Ramsey / ; D Conway / ; S Barker / ; M Rodriguez / ; E Thom / ; H Juliussen-Stevenson / ; M Fischer / ; L Leuchtenburg / ; D McNellis / ; K Howell / ; S Tolivaisa / ; S Gabbe /
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Sep;116(3):773; author reply 773   [PMID:  20733469 ]

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