Research Article
Postoperative Infectious Morbidities of Cesarean Delivery in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Women
Table 3
Description of surgical procedures.
| | HIV-infected | HIV-negative | -value |
| | Anesthesia | | | | | General | 10 (8.6%) | 30
(11.6%) | NS | | Regional | 106
(91.4%) | 229
(88.4%) | NS | | Skin Incision | | | | | Pfannenstiel | 104
(94.5%) | 215
(82.7%) | .01 | | Midline | 6 (5.5%) | 45 (17.3%) | .01 | | Uterine Incision
| | | | | Low transverse | 110
(95.7%) | 248
(94.7%) | NS | | Classical/low transverse |
5 (4.3%) |
14 (5.3%) | NS | | with vertical extension | | | | | Estimated blood loss
(cc) | | | NS | | Operative time (min) | | | NS |
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Data presented as mean ±
standard deviation or number and percent.NS = Not significant.
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