title: [Evaluation of indications for cesarean section. Comparison of two decades. Preliminary results].
abstract: We have retrospectively analysed the incidence of cesarean section during the periods 1970-79 and 1981-90 and the evolution, if any, of the principal indication over time. The average incidence of cesarean section was 9.01% in the seventies and 11.63% in the eighties: the difference was statistically significant. Four classes of indication show significant differences between the periods considered: previous cesarean, feto-pelvic disproportion, anomalous presentation, gestosis. An evolution of cesarean section indications is shown: minus parity, better health, sanitary and environmental conditions, better physiopathological and clinical knowledge of pregnancy complication and labor seem to be causes of that evolution.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Ostetricia e Ginecologia, USL RM/26-Ospedale di Tivoli, Roma.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corrado
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Noccioli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tocci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urbanetti
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007746:Labor Presentation; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000601:surgery; D010387:Pelvimetry; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Evoluzione delle indicazioni al taglio cesareo. Confronto fra due decenni. Risultati preliminari.