RESEARCH ARTICLE
Elective Cesarean Section for the Prevention of Pain during Labor and Delivery: Is it based on Evidence?
Anibal Faundes1, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 13
First Page: 399
Last Page: 403
Publisher ID: TOPHJ-13-399
DOI: 10.2174/1874944502013010399
Article History:
Received Date: 08/02/2020Revision Received Date: 10/06/2020
Acceptance Date: 16/06/2020
Electronic publication date: 18/08/2020
Collection year: 2020
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
Avoiding pain during labor and childbirth is one of the principal reasons given by women for requesting a Cesarean section; however, surgical delivery is, in itself, a cause of pain.
Objective:
To compare the pain suffered during labor and vaginal delivery with the pain suffered after a cesarean section with respected to time.
Methods:
Review of the literature for articles evaluating pain after vaginal delivery and after cesarean section.
Results:
Pain after cesarean section may be less severe than during vaginal delivery but last far longer, sometimes for up to a year, interfering with daily life.
Conclusion:
To select elective cesarean section instead of spontaneous vaginal birth to prevent pain is not justified because the pain suffered after cesarean section is long-lasting than pain after vaginal birth for women who had both experiences.