FIGO position paper: how to stop the caesarean section epidemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands. Electronic address: g.h.a.visser@umcutrecht.nl.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School-University of Lisbon, Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Society for the Investigation of Early Pregnancy, New York, NY, USA; BioIncept, LLC, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Independent consultant, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fundacion Valle del Lili, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia.
⁷ Ginecólogo Obstetra, Clinica Hospital San Fernando, Consultorio 6-8, Panama.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine, NC, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seth G S Medical College and K E M Hospital, Mumbai, India.
¹¹ Departments of Public Health and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
¹² Shanghai 1st Maternity and Infant Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
¹³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁴ Global Health Programs, March of Dimes Foundation, White Plains, NY, USA.

Gerard H A Visser et al. Lancet. 2018.

. 2018 Oct 13;392(10155):1286-1287.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32113-5.

¹ Department of Obstetrics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands. Electronic address: g.h.a.visser@umcutrecht.nl.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School-University of Lisbon, Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Society for the Investigation of Early Pregnancy, New York, NY, USA; BioIncept, LLC, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Independent consultant, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fundacion Valle del Lili, Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia.
⁷ Ginecólogo Obstetra, Clinica Hospital San Fernando, Consultorio 6-8, Panama.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine, NC, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seth G S Medical College and K E M Hospital, Mumbai, India.
¹¹ Departments of Public Health and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
¹² Shanghai 1st Maternity and Infant Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
¹³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁴ Global Health Programs, March of Dimes Foundation, White Plains, NY, USA.

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