Is vaginal delivery preferable to elective cesarean delivery in fetuses with a known ventral wall defect?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1527-1534

  How, Helen Y ^a   Harris, Brenda Jo ^a   Pietrantoni, Marcello ^a   Evans, Jennifer C ^a   Dutton, Stephanie ^a   Khoury, Jane ^a   Siddiqi, Tariq A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Gastroschisis; Omphalocele; Vaginal delivery; Ventral wall defect

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OMPHALOCELE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0033930156     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.106852     Document Type: Article

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