Vaginal birth after two caesarean sections (VBAC-2) - A systematic review with meta-analysis of success rate and adverse outcomes of VBAC-2 versus VBAC-1 and repeat (third) caesarean sections

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-19

  Tahseen, S ^a   Griffiths, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Uterine rupture; Vaginal birth after two caesarean sections

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; EMBASE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FEVER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; TRIAL OF LABOR; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 72149126126     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02351.x     Document Type: Review

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