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- Elective - Planned delivery of the non labouring pregnant woman by an incision into the narrowed lower third of the uterus, throug either a horizontal or vertical abdominal incision.
- Emergency - Unplanned delivery of the non labouring pregnant woman by an incision into the narrowed lower third of the uterus, through either a horizontal or vertical abdominal incision.
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