HIV Complications

Cesarean Section Safe For Infected Mothers

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 17th, 2001

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Women infected with HIV can undergo cesarean sections without an undue risk of severe complications, researchers in South Africa report.

H.S. Cronje and colleagues at the University of the Orange Free State in Bloemfontein conducted a study to "document complications associated with cesarean section in HIV infected women." Their results were published in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Although the incidence of postoperative morbidity was somewhat higher for HIV positive women, Cronje and coauthors found that the severity of these complications was similar for mothers...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2001-09-17)

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