Evidence-based cesarean delivery: preoperative management (part 7).

Preoperative preparation for cesarean delivery is a multistep approach for which protocols should exist at each hospital system. These protocols should be guided by the findings of this review. The interventions reviewed and recommendations made for this review have a common goal of decreasing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality related to cesarean delivery.

Suture Compared With Staples for Skin Closure After Cesarean Delivery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: Absorbable suture is the preferred method of cesarean skin closure compared with metal staples, because it decreases wound complications. Two recently published trials in patients with obesity contradict this evidence. The goal of this meta-analysis was to assess whether suture remains the recommended method of cesarean skin closure, regardless of obesity status.