Classification of intrapartum cesarean sections: a prospective
national study in Norway (Nor-Why-Cesarean study)
Joerg Kessler1,2 , Christian
Tappert3, Janne Rossen4 , Ferenc
Macsali 1,5, Michael Robson6
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haukeland
University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
2 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of
Bergen, Bergen, Norway
3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Olav
University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sørlandet
Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway.
5 National Institute of Health, the Medical Birth
Registry of Norway, Norway
6 National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Corresponding author:
Joerg Kessler, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haukeland
University Hospital, PB 1400, 5021 Bergen, Norway
Phone: 0047 97709603
e-mail: jorg.kessler@uib.no
Running title: Classification of intrapartum cesarean sections