Prevalence, indications and neonatal complications of caesarean deliveries in Cameroon: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The trend of increasing caesarean deliveries in developed countries over the past three decades is now being observed in sub-Saharan African. This rise might be associated with an increase in the complications that could arise from this surgical intervention. We therefore sought to assess the prevalence, indications and complications of caesarean deliveries in Cameroon.

Methods

We systematically searched online databases: Medline; Global Health and the CINAHL from 01st January 1966 to 25th July 2019. We reviewed published cohort studies, retrospective register analysis and cross-sectional studies that described cohorts of pregnant women presenting at delivery facilities in Cameroon; and included those that had an estimate of the proportion of women who delivered b

SUBMITTER: Njim T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7268214 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature