Current concepts regarding vaginal birth after cesarean delivery

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 479-482

  Odibo, Anthony O ^a   Macones, George A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 2000 Courtyard Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Prediction; Risks; Vaginal birth

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS RUPTURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; TRIAL OF LABOR; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 1542721936     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200312000-00004     Document Type: Review

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