Research Article

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

Table 3

Multivariate regression analysis.

OutcomeOR95% CI value

Classical hysterotomy15.84.1, 60.8<.0001
Drain7.82.3, 26.7.0010
Estimated blood loss >1 liter6.42.0, 20.1.0022
Total minutes of surgerySlope = 27.5ā€‰.0011

Variables controlled for include age, body mass index, gestational age at delivery, and diabetes mellitus.