The use of bubble charts in analyzing the global second-stage cesarean delivery rates: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to systematically review the worldwide second-stage cesarean delivery rate concerning pre-second-stage cesarean delivery and assisted vaginal birth rates.

Data sources

PubMed, Medline Ovid, EBSCOhost, Embase, Scopus, and Google Scholar were queried from inception to February 2023, with the following terms: "full dilatation," "second stage," and "cesarean," with their word variations. Furthermore, an additional cohort of 353,434 cases from our recently published study was included.

Study eligibility criteria

Only original studies that provided sufficient information on the number of pre-second-stage cesarean deliveries, second-stage cesarean deliveries, and vaginal births were included for the calculation of different modes of delivery. Syste

SUBMITTER: Lee LTL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877423 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature