title: [Extraperitoneal cesarean section--an alternative or routine?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluation of the importance of extraperitoneal Caesarean section in contemporary obstetrics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Gynaecological and Obstetrics Department, Bata Hospital Zlín.
  
  
  METHODS
  A historical review of views on the approach to the lower uterine segment in Caesarean section and definition of some myths associated with extraperitoneal Caesarean sections. Retrospective analysis of the development of indications for this operation in 1977-1999 and their possible advantages.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysis of 318 operations proved possible advantages of the operation during the perioperative period as well as during convalescence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Extraperitoneal Caesarean section can be considered an alternative of other surgical methods and procedures in infected cases and also an operation which can be implemented under all conditions except peracute states. The limiting factor is in particular the surgeon not familiar with the extraperitoneal technique. It is an operation with reduced invasiveness.
authors.affiliation: Gynek.-porod. oddĕlení Batovy nemocnice, Zlín.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zábranský
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grossmannová
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy