Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery: Evidence-based practice

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 518-525

  Cahill, Alison G ^a,b   Macones, George A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 8064 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Vaginal birth after cesarean; VBAC

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 34249863334     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31804bde7b     Document Type: Article

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