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Has the cesarean epidemic in Czechia been reversed despite fertility postponement?

Tomáš FaitAnna ŠťastnáJiřina KocourkováEva WaldaufováLuděk ŠídloMichal Kníže
Published in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2022)
The increasing age of mothers, a significant risk factor for a CS, was found to be independent of other health factors. Accordingly, delayed childbearing is thought to be associated with the increase in the CS rate in Czechia. However, since other factors come into play, further research is needed to assess whether the recent slight decline in the CS rate is not merely a temporal trend.
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