Technique Of Cesarean Section: What is scientific? What is unscientific? (Evidence based answers)
Introduction: Cesarean section has become the most commonly performed surgery in obstetric practice. When any procedure or technique or for that matter any drug is widely used, it is natural to look at the data to know how rational is our thinking and where has irrationality crept into our thought processes. As students of science, we seek to remain on the scientific course at all times. Therefore evidence becomes very critical for us. Undoubtedly, evidence is provided by data. Hans Rosling in his famous book Factfullness states that when in doubt look at the data. We are going to look at the data for nearly every step that we follow while performing a cesarean section and accordingly conclude. Agreed, it is impossible to cover each and every micro-aspect of the techniques involved in the surgery. However, care has been taken to include all wherein good quality data was available. Nearly all data has been generated from Randomised Control Trials (RCTs) so the quality of