Hi,

I am planning to have another baby in about 1 year. I know that I will need to have a c-section again so I have been catching up on the latest news as its been a few years since my last one, and have found that in Euruope there is a new method for C-Sections that is supposed to be better then the current method.
Its called the Misgav Ladach method, named after the hosptial where its performed.

I am wondering if anyone here has heard of it and if they know of any Dr's who are using it??

Australia is years behind the rest of the world in many things, this will probably be another one of them, but If anyone knows of any hospitals or Dr's that may be using it, i'd love to hear from you.


Here is an excerpt I found from an article online
The Misgav Ladach Method - Maximum Effect- Minimum

"Dr. Michael Stark, Director of the Misgav Ladach General Hospital in Jerusalem, is one of those experts. He has perfected a state-of-the-art birthing method for performing Caesarean sections that is proving to be safer and simpler than those performed in the traditional, conventional manner. Named after the hospital where it was first introduced, the Misgav Ladach Method is now being used in medical centres in Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Germany, United States, Russia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, India, Pakistan, China and Peru.

"Essentially," he stresses, "the method is a synthesis of several techniques, notably those developed by Prof. S. J. Joel Cohen, formerly of South Africa, whom I met in 1972 in Vienna where I was a rotating intern and he was a guest lecturer.

"The Misgav Ladach Method is basically quite a simple one," explains Dr. Stark, "which eliminates many of the conventional steps taken in traditional Caesarian sections. The result: The procedure takes very little time, simply because fewer steps are performed.

"In summary, the operation is much less traumatic for the mother than a traditional C-section and her recovery is extraordinarily rapid." Proof of this claim came when Shalom's reporter talked with one of Dr. Stark's patients, a woman who, less than 24 hours before the meeting, had had her fourth Caesarian. "It all went so fast," she exclaimed. "After just two minutes I heard the baby crying. (N.B. "In actual fact," reports Dr. Stark, "it was 50 seconds.")

Dr. Stark points out other benefits to the mother. "Not only does she have less pain and thus less need for painkillers, but there is less if any fever following the operation and thus less need for antibiotics. There is a shorter period for the return of normal bowel functions, fewer adhesions to the peritoneum (the membrane that lines the cavity of the abdomen), less scarring to the abdominal layers and less bleeding. The rapidity of the operation also means that less anaesthesia is required. Overall there are fewer short and long-term complications."