Cesarean Section Related Complications Facing Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Fayoum: Prevalence and Influencing Factors

Background: Cesarean Section complications are a major health problem worldwide. The rate of these complications has increased due to the rising trend of unnecessary CS.Aim of the study: The aim of this study is to determine the most common CS complications as reported by obstetricians and gynecologists in Fayoum governorate. A secondary aim was to compare the rate of complications facing obstetricians regarding their socio-demographic and work-related characteristics.Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study included 165 obstetricians and gynecologists in Fayoum governorate. A self-administered questionnaire was used to cover the socio-demographic and work-related data, if they meet complications or not and the most common complication they usually meet.Results: This study revealed that the most frequent complication reported by obstetricians and gynecologists included in the study during performing CS were bleeding (43.6%) and adhesions (28.5%), and only (6.7%) reported that they didn’t have any complication. There was a statistically significant difference in the percentage of meeting CS related complications regarding educational qualification where master’s degree and MD had lower percentage of meeting complications than participants who had bachelor’s degree or diploma (P= 0.022). Also, there was a statistically significant difference regarding the current work of the participants where residents had the biggest percentage of meeting complications, while specialists had less complications and the least percentage came with working as a consultant, (P=0.005).Conclusions: As most obstetricians usually meet complications during, immediately after or in future pregnancies due to past CS, unnecessary CS should be reduced.