A cesarean section, also known as a C-section or caesarean delivery, is the surgical procedure by which one or more babies are delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen, most often performed because vaginal delivery would risk injury or death to the mother or child. Reasons for the operation include obstructed labor, twin pregnancy, high blood pressure in the mother, breech or shoulder presentation, and problems with the placenta or umbilical cord, and the World Health Organization recommends it be performed only when medically necessary. The operation typically takes forty five minutes to an hour, may be done under a spinal block or general anesthesia, and involves an abdominal incision followed by a second incision to open the uterus and deliver the baby; recovery typically takes about six weeks, longer than vaginal birth, and risks include breathing problems in the baby and amniotic fluid embolism or bleeding in the mother. In 2012 about twenty three million cesarean sections were performed globally, and the first recorded successful case, in which both mother and infant survived, was allegedly performed in Switzerland in 1500.
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The first recorded successful C-section (where both the mother and the infant survived) was allegedly performed on a woman in Switzerland in 1500 by her husband, Jacob Nufer, though this was not recorded until 8 decades later.
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Was the first successful cesarean section really performed by a husband on his wife
By tradition yes, Jacob Nufer on his wife in Switzerland in 1500, though the story was not written down until eighty years later.
The first recorded cesarean section in which both mother and infant survived was allegedly performed in Switzerland in 1500 by Jacob Nufer on his own wife, though the case was not recorded until eight decades later, so the record rests on a much later account rather than a contemporary one. Cesarean sections are now far more common: about twenty three million were performed globally in 2012.
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