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. 2012 Sep;72(9):840–845. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1315347

Table 1 Differences between the classic and modified the procedure.

Procedure Vejnovic modification Classic caesarean section
Skin incision Joel-Cohen Pfannenstiel
Incision of subcutaneous tissue in the middle along a length of 3 cm along the full length
Incision of the fascia in the middle with minimal severing of the musculature along the full length with severing of the musculature
Opening of the peritoneum in the middle, blunt dissection, with minimal severing of the musculature along the full length, sharp, bladder is pushed to one side
Uterotomy superficial incision of the uterine serosa (scalpel), blunt introduction of forceps, horizontal expansion of incision using scissors incision through all layers of the uterus using a scalpel, manual horizontal expansion
Placenta extraction cord traction manual extraction
Uterine suture buried, short suture continuous, long suture
Peritoneal suture none continuous
Myosuture none interrupted sutures
Subcutaneous tissue none interrupted sutures
Skin suture intracutaneous, continuous, open at either end intracutaneous, continuous