[Cesarean section as a means of prevention of child disability].

Analysis of the results of operations performed at the Ural Institute of Maternal and Neonatal Health Protection in 1988-1998 showed that women with high-risk pregnancy are purposefully hospitalized at the Perinatal Center, and therefore high percentage of abdominal deliveries is justified, because this operation is aimed at prevention of disabling diseases of the central nervous system in newborns and infants.