Is a planned cesarean necessary in twin pregnancies?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1147-1156

  Vendittelli, Françoise ^a,b   RiviÈre, Olivier ^a   Crenn HÉbert, Catherine ^a,c   Riethmuller, Didier ^d   Schaal, Jean Patrick ^e   Dreyfus, Michel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b University of Clermont Ferrand   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^d Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medecine   (France)

^e Grenoble Images Parole Signal Automatique (GIPSA lab)   (France)

^f Academic Hospital of Caen   (France)

Author keywords

cesarean; delivery; neonatal morbidity; neonatal mortality; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY ROOM; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PRESENTATION; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TWINS;

EID: 80053038321     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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