RT Book, Section A1 Cunningham, F. Gary A1 Leveno, Kenneth J. A1 Bloom, Steven L. A1 Dashe, Jodi S. A1 Hoffman, Barbara L. A1 Casey, Brian M. A1 Spong, Catherine Y. SR Print(0) ID 1160776434 T1 Cesarean Delivery and Peripartum Hysterectomy T2 Williams Obstetrics, 25e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259644320 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160776434 RD 2024/04/16 AB The anterior surface of the uterus is opened longitudinally along its midline. This is best accomplished by making an incision a few centimetres long with a scalpel, and then rapidly enlarging it with the scissors to 16 or 18 centimetres. The membranes are then ruptured, the child is seized by one foot and rapidly extracted.—J. Whitridge Williams (1903)