OBJETIVE: To determine the rate of cesarean section and main indications. PLACE: Maternity Hospital. Children Canto Grande of primary care. DESIGN: A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 429 pregnant you cesarean was studied. RESULTS: In 2003, there were 4072 births, 429 were by Caesarean section, giving a rate of 10.5%. In the age group 20 to 35 years 60% of the total and adolescents under 20 years 29.8% was performed. Common law marriage was 82.5% and only 6.7% were married. The main indications of cesarean section were: previous cesarean section (15.4%), breech presentation (13.5%), narrow pelvis (12.6% fetal macrosomia (11.9%) and acute fetal distress (10.5% .). CONCLUSIONS: The rate of cesarean section is the one that corresponds to a first level hospital where no obstetric surgery is practiced in high risk pregnancies, which are referred to h...

OBJETIVE: To determine the rate of cesarean section and main indications. PLACE: Maternity Hospital. Children Canto Grande of primary care. DESIGN: A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 429 pregnant you cesarean was studied. RESULTS: In 2003, there were 4072 births, 429 were by Caesarean section, giving a rate of 10.5%. In the age group 20 to 35 years 60% of the total and adolescents under 20 years 29.8% was performed. Common law marriage was 82.5% and only 6.7% were married. The main indications of cesarean section were: previous cesarean section (15.4%), breech presentation (13.5%), narrow pelvis (12.6% fetal macrosomia (11.9%) and acute fetal distress (10.5% .). CONCLUSIONS: The rate of cesarean section is the one that corresponds to a first level hospital where no obstetric surgery is practiced in high risk pregnancies, which are referred to h...