Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery in twin gestations: A large, nationwide sample of deliveries

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1138-1142

  Ford, Abigail A D ^a   Bateman, Brian T ^a   Simpson, Lynn L ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Twin gestation; Uterine rupture; VBAC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PELVIC HEMATOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSFUSION; TWINS; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TRIAL OF LABOR; TWINS; UTERINE RUPTURE; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 33748767416     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.036     Document Type: Article

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