Vaginal birth after two previous c-sections: Obstetriciansgynaecologists opinions and practice patterns

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1487-1492

  Doret, Muriel ^a,b   Touzet, Sandrine ^a,b   Bourdy, Stephanie ^a   Gaucherand, Pascal ^a,b  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Multiple previous cesareans; planned c section; practice pattern; uterine rupture; VBAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRICIAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 78249263805     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767051003678176     Document Type: Article

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