ABSTRACT
See specific guidelines for VBAC (Chapter 13), postpartum infectious complications (Chapter 26), and anesthesia (Chapter 10).
KEY POINT • Blunt uterine incision expansion, prophylactic antibi-
otics (either ampicillin or first-generation cephalosporin for just one dose), spontaneous placental removal, nonclosure of both visceral and parietal peritoneum, and suture closure or drainage of the subcutaneous tissue when thickness is ≥ 2 cm should routinely be performed in cesarean delivery.
