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Postoperative morbidity associated with cesarean delivery among human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive women [Rodriguez EJ et al. Am J Obstet Gynec 2001;184:1108]: The authors from Emory performed a case-control study on 86 women with HIV infection who underwent C-section between 1992 and 2000. There was a modest increase in the number of minor postoperative complications in the HIV-infected women (66% versus 42%). There were no differences between the two groups in the rate of major complications. The authors concluded that the maternal risk of C-section for HIV-infected women is not substantially increased.
posted 5/17/2001





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