Management of vaginal birth after cesarean

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 240-244

  Mizunoya, Fujio ^a   Nakata, Megumi ^b   Kondo, Tokumasa ^c   Yamashita, Sadao ^d   Inoue, Shigeo ^e  

^a Yutaka Building   (Japan)

^b Kobe Central Hospital of Insurance   (Japan)

^c Kondo Clinic   (Japan)

^d Fukuchiyama City Hospital   (Japan)

^e Akashi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrauterine pressure catheter; Uterine rupture; Vaginal birth after cesarean

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; RITODRINE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREATHING PATTERN; CATHETER; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RUPTURE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAL OF LABOR; UTERINE RUPTURE; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 0036813046     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1341-8076.2002.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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