European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 139-143 , December 2009

Maternal infection rates after cesarean delivery by Pfannenstiel or Joel–Cohen incision: A multicenter surveillance study

  • Anne Marie Dumas

      Affiliations

    • Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud (CHLS), Pierre Bénite, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Service d’Obstétrique et de Gynécologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud (Pavillon 3B), 165 chemin du grand revoyet, 69495 Pierre Bénite Cedex, France. Tel.: +33 478 86 56 06; fax: +33 478 86 56 04.
    • ,
  • Raphaële Girard

      Affiliations

    • Unité d’hygiène et épidémiologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
    • ,
  • Louis Ayzac

      Affiliations

    • C Clin Sud Est, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
    • ,
  • Emmanuelle Caillat-Vallet

      Affiliations

    • C Clin Sud Est, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
    • ,
  • Françoise Tissot-Guerraz

      Affiliations

    • Unité d’Hygiène et d’Epidémiologie, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Agnès Vincent-Bouletreau

      Affiliations

    • C Clin Sud Est, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
    • ,
  • Michel Berland

      Affiliations

    • Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud (CHLS), Pierre Bénite, France

Received 1 February 2008 ,Revised 18 June 2008 ,Accepted 4 August 2009.

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PII: S0301-2115(09)00488-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.08.001

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 139-143 , December 2009

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