The Effect of Cesarean Delivery Skin Incision Approach in Morbidly Obese Women on the Rate of Classical Hysterotomy

Table 2

Outcomes.

Outcome	Supraumbilical; 𝑁=43	Pfannenstiel; 𝑁=90	OR	95% CI	𝑃 value
Classical hysterotomy	29 (67%)	7 (8%)	24.6	9.0–66.8	<.0001
Wound complication	8 (19%)	7 (8%)	2.7	.9–8.0	.0811
Blood transfusion	7 (16%)	5 (6%)	3.3	.98–11.1	.0557
Length of stay >3 days	33 (77%)	59 (66%)	1.7	.8–4.0	.1912
Endomyometritis	2 (5%)	2 (2%)	2.1	.3–15.8	.5945
Drain placed	18 (42%)	9 (10%)	6.5	2.6–16.2	<.0001
Estimated blood loss >1 liter	14 (33%)	11 (12%)	3.4	1.4–8.4	.0055
Total minutes of surgery	97±38	68±30			<.0001