Leaflet - Caesarean section

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Your anaesthetic for Caesarean section

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Written in response to the rise in Caesarean section rates and the necessity to improve information for mothers and their partners, this leaflet covers the practical aspects of anaesthesia for Caesarean section including:

• the advantages and disadvantages of regional anaesthesia including CSE
• the advantages and disadvantages of general anaesthesia
• post-operative analgesia after Caesarean section

The booklet may be used in conjunction with the film 'Your Anaesthetic for Caesarean section' (see DVD link).

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 The leaflet has been awarded the Crystal Mark for clarity of language by the Plain English Campaign.

We are grateful to the following doctors and patients who have kindly contributed to the translations of these leaflets:

• Bulgarian - Dr Zhana Ignatova, Dr Dancho Ignatov
• Catalan - Dr Ildefons Sardà-Auré
• Croatian - Dr Dzenana Music
• Czech - Dr Sylva Dolenska, Ms Magda Strapkova, Ms Jana Zalesakova
• Dutch - Dr Ilse Dons-Sinke, Dr Maaike Dirckx, Dr Caroline van der Marel and Dr Anouk van Dortmont
• Georgian - Drs Alex Gokhelashvili, Lasha Phirtskhalava, Kakhaber Sanikidze, Alex Kakauridze and Tinatin Chkhaidze
• German - Dr Ajaiya Mull, Dr Claas Siegmueller
• Greek - Dr Chryssoula Karanastasi, Prof. Athina Vadalouka, Dr Elena Kourteli
• Hindi - Dr Amit Chawla, Dr Rajrani Chawla, Mrs Chitra Jain, Mr Sudhir Jain
• Hungarian - Dr Ida Forro 
• Icelandic -  Dr Astridur Johannesdottir, Dr Adalbjorn Thorsteinssons, Rannveig Runarsdottir (Midwife), Steinunn Bjorg Birgisdottor (Mother)
• Italian - Dr Pierluigi Trevisan, Mrs Dilva Sanavio, Dr Paolo Zoratti
• Japanese - Dr Hisako Okada, Mrs Eri Taguchi, Dr Rie Kato 
• Latvian - Dr Ieva Saule, Mrs Daiga Saule
• Mandarin - Dr Lu Anqi, Dr Vincent Yeo, Ms Wee Soon Kwang
• Nepalese - Dr Basant Bhattarai, Dr Ramesh
• Portuguese - Dr Martin de Castro
• Romanian - Dr Adina Michalou
• Russian - Dr Svetlana Rutter, Dr Irina Kosheleva
• Serbian - Dr Mirjana Kendrisic, Dr Nikac Tomanovic, Dr Dragan Malobabic,  Ana Sentov, Mirjana Bikar
• Slovenian - Dr Aleš Rozman, Martina Zupančič
• Spanish - Dr Carlos Restrepo Garces, Mrs Nati Sidbury
• Telugu - Dr Sireesha Aluri
• Turkish: Dr. Sukran Sahin, Ms Gokcen Aladag, Ms Gulsah Olcay
• Welsh - Dr Christine Bell, Dr Gwilym Davis, Ms Bethan Jones

We are also grateful to the other patients who contributed but who did not wish their names to be included.

The following translations (2nd edition) were undertaken by Language Line Services, London:

• Arabic
• Bengali
• Cantonese
• French
• Mandarin
• Polish
• Punjabi
• Somali
• Tamil
• Urdu