Journal of Surgery

Cesarean Section: One of the Oldest and Controversial Surgical Procedures

Abstract

Liliana Strat, Alin Vasilescu and Victor Strat

The idea of the possibility of childbirth in another route than natural still exists from mythology. The name derives from the Latin “caedere” – cut, sever. For many centuries, ever since the Roman Empire, the operation was performed only rarely and women who died in childbirth. Indications that cesarean would be performed even women are living since 1040 in Rabbi Gershon to Metz, Talmud's comment. In 1581 the first paper appears in France dedicated caesarean women live, but the first successful Caesarean operation are reported in France, only in 1689 from surgeon Jean Rulau, in Ireland 1748 from midwife Marie Donaly and in 1794 in Virginia (USA) from the country doctor Jesse Bennett. Mortality after cesarean on women living it was still very high. A significant decrease occurred in the 19th century it when decline spectacular after improvements are made of the operation. Mainly this is due to Frank E. Polin in US, Alfred Kehrer in Heidelberg, Max Sänger in Leipzig and Eduardo Porro in Milan. Their refinements of the technique were essential cesarean bringing a lot of one that is currently running. Classical caesarean is practiced today after Stark technique, method Joel Cohen. After a long and controversial trend for nearly two millennia, marked for centuries by almost prohibitive mortality, the current cesarean operation is a great success in perseverance deeply humanitarian attempts to save two lives, a mother and child.