Clinical Study

Use of Electrocautery for Coagulation and Wound Complications in Caesarean Sections

Table 4

Surgical scar complications between days 30 and 40 following C-section with and without the use of electrocautery.

  Treatment (use of electrocautery)
YesNo
% %

Hematoma
 No97100.09599.0
 Yes11.0
Seroma
 No97100.09396.9
 Yes33.1
Infection
 No97100.09396.9
 Yes 3 3.1