The Case for Standardizing Cesarean Delivery Technique: Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Joshua D Dahlke, Hector Mendez-Figueroa, Lindsay Maggio, Jeffrey D Sperling, Suneet P Chauhan, Dwight J Rouse, Joshua D Dahlke, Hector Mendez-Figueroa, Lindsay Maggio, Jeffrey D Sperling, Suneet P Chauhan, Dwight J Rouse

Abstract

In this Commentary, we explain the case for a standardized cesarean delivery surgical technique. There are three strong arguments for a standardized approach to cesarean delivery, the most common major abdominal surgery performed in the world. First, standardization within institutions improves safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in health care delivery. Second, surgical training among obstetrics and gynecology residents would become more consistent across hospitals and regions, and proficiency in performing cesarean delivery measurable. Finally, standardization would strengthen future trials of cesarean delivery technique by minimizing the potential for aspects of the surgery which are not being studied to bias results. Before 2013, more than 155 randomized controlled trials, meta-analyses or systematic reviews were published comparing various aspects of cesarean delivery surgical technique. Since 2013, an additional 216 similar studies have strengthened those recommendations and offered evidence to recommend additional cesarean delivery techniques. However, this amount of cesarean delivery technique data creates a forest for the trees problem, making it difficult for a clinician to synthesize this volume of data. In response to this difficulty, we propose a comprehensive, evidence-based and standardized approach to cesarean delivery technique.

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Fig. 1.. Template checklist for standardized cesarean…
Fig. 1.. Template checklist for standardized cesarean delivery technique. IV, intravenous; IU, international units.
Dahlke. Standardizing Cesarean Delivery Technique. Obstet Gynecol 2020.

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