الفهرس 
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Abstract
Caesarean section (CS) is the most commonly performed major abdominal operation in women in both developed and developing countries. World Health Organization suggested that the rates of CS should not exceed 15%, since no additional benefit for the newborns or for the mothers is obtained beyond this level. In Egypt, the institutional-based proportion of c-sections increased from 13.9% in 1988 to 22% in 2000, however, it slightly more than 50% of the live births in the five-year period before the 2014 were by caesarean section.
Medical and non-medical factors that are likely to be associated with the rising rate of CS including previous cesarean section, maternal income, parity, maternal educational status, induction of labour, and hypertension. Also, changes in maternal characteristics and professional practice styles, increasing malpractice pressure, as well as economic, organizational, social and cultural factors have all been implicated in this trend.
This is a retrospective study which has been conducted within 6 months (September 2016 to March 2017) in Obstetrics and Gynecology department, Beni Mazar general hospital, El-Minia governorate, Egypt. The study was done on a total of 900 women with age range 18-45 years (all pregnant women who had delivered by cesarean section from a total of 4516 women who delivered in this hospital during this specific period). The aim of this study was the assessment of practice of cesarean section in a hospital draining rural area.