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Term: Caesarean Birth
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2012-11-05
Definition:
"Birth of fetus accomplished by performing a surgical incision through the maternal abdomen and uterus." (Olds SB et al., 2004).
For the method used to identify caesarean births in Heaman et al. (2012), including the ICD-9-CM and CCI codes, please see
Appendix Table A.4 - Table of Codes - Caesarean Births
for more information.
Related concepts
Related terms
- Caesarean Section / Cesarean Section (C-Section)
- Spontaneous Vaginal Birth
- Vaginal Birth
- Vaginal Birth after Caesarean Section (VBAC)
- Vaginal Births with Epidural Anesthesia
References
- Olds SB, London ML, Wieland PA, Davidson MR. Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Women's Health Care. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc. 2004.(View)
Term used in
- Heaman M, Kingston D, Helewa M, Brownell M, Derksen S, Bogdanovic B, McGowan K, Bailly A. Perinatal Services and Outcomes in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] (View)
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