1. Epidemiologic trends internationally : maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality / Ana Pilar Betran and Mario Merialdi -- 2. Laparotomies and cesarean delivery / Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Shilpa Nambiar Balakrishnan, and Antonio Malvasi -- 3 Hysterotomies during cesarean delivery / Antonio Malvasi, Shilpa Nambiar Balakrishnan, and Gian Carlo Di Renzo -- 4. Fetal extraction during cesarean delivery / Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Antonio Malvasi, and Andrea Tinelli -- 5. Placental removal and uterine exteriorization techniques / Antonio Malvasi and Gian Carlo Di Renzo -- 6. Suture of uterine incisions / Antonio Malvasi and Gian Carlo Di Renzo -- 7. Optimal cesarean delivery of the twenty-first century / Michael Stark -- 8. Fibroids and myomectomy in cesarean delivery / Andrea Tinelli and Antonio Malvasi -- 9. Management of placenta previa and/or accreta / Graziano Clerici and Laura Di Fabrizio -- 10. The proactive use of balloons for management of postpartum hemorrhage in cesarean delivery / Yakov Zhukovskiy -- 11. Exceptional situations after cesarean delivery and postpartum hemorrhage / Jose M Palacios-Jaraquemada -- 12. Dystocia and intrapartum ultrasound in cesarean delivery / Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Chiara Antonelli, Irene Giardina, and Antonio Malvasi -- 13. Dystocia and cesarean delivery : new perspectives in the management of labor and the prevention of cesarean delivery / Antonio Malvasi, Gian Carlo Di Renzo, and Eleonora Brillo -- 14. Shoulder dystocia and cesarean delivery / Enrico Ferrazzi -- 15. Multiple pregnancy and cesarean birth / Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Giulia Babucci, and Antonio Malvasi -- 16. Cesarean delivery for the preterm neonate / Gabriele D'Amato, Savino Mastropasqua, and Elena Pacella -- 17. The neonate from cesarean delivery / Ola Didrik Saugstad -- 18. General anesthesia for cesarean delivery : indications and complications / Krzysztof Kuczkowski, Yayoi Ohashi, and Tiberiu Ezri -- 19. Local anesthesia for cesarean delivery : epidural, spinal, and combined spinal-epidural anesthesia / Krzysztof Kuczkowski, Toshiyuki Okutomi, and Rie Kato -- 20. Characteristics of the postcesarean delivery uterine scar / Antonio Malvasi and Gian Carlo Di Renzo -- 21. Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery / Antonio Malvasi, Gian Carlo Di Renzo, and Laura Di Fabrizio -- 22. Forensic aspects of cesarean delivery / Antonio Malvasi and Gian Carlo Di Renzo. |