1. Caesarean sections should only be performed when medically necessary;Lindmeier,2016
2. WHO statement on caesarean section rates,2015
3. Optimal C-section rate may be as high as 19 percent to save lives of mothers and infants;Weiser,2015
4. The global numbers and costs of additionally needed and unnecessary caesarean sections performed per year: overuse as a barrier to universal coverage;Gibbons,2010
5. Increased cesarean section rate in Central Saudi Arabia: a change in practice or different maternal characteristics;Al-Kadri;Int J Women Health,2015