Changing trends in incidence and indications of caesarean section.

Caesarean section is most frequently performed major operation in obstetrics. The rate of caesarean section has been increasing both in developed and developing countries in the past decade. This study was done to find out the change of sociodemographic condition of respondents, identify the different types & rate of caesarean section indications, the outcome of different indications, estimate the rate of caesarean section proportion of the elective & emergency indications and evaluate the complications of caesarean sections. This is a cross-sectional study of randomly selected 130 cases of lower caesarean section done at Sir Salimullah Medical College & Mitford Hospital, Dhaka from March 2006 to August 2006. In this study 80(61.5%) cases underwent emergency caesarean section and in 50(38.5%) cases elective caesarean section had done. Among indications of caesarean section repeat section scores the top of the list. No maternal mortality case recorded in this study. This study shows high incidence of caesarean section which does not reflect the picture of total population of Bangladesh.