Clinical significance of uterine scar dehiscence in women with previous cesarean delivery: Prevalence and independent risk factors

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-14

  Bashiri, Asher ^a   Burstein, Eliezer ^a   Rosen, Shirly ^a   Smolin, Ana ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Preterm labor; Uterine scar dehiscence; Vaginal birth after cesarean

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR STAGE 1; LABOR STAGE 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TRIAL OF LABOR; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 38949133826     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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