Prior cesarean delivery in women with secondary tubal infertility.
The history of cesarean delivery was evaluated in a population-based case-control study of secondary infertility in King County, Washington. Sixty-one married women diagnosed with secondary infertility due to tubal problems who had a previous viable pregnancy were compared to 343 married women who had a previous viable pregnancy and then had a live birth that was conceived at the same time the infertile women began trying to conceive. The risk of tubal infertility was not substantially elevated in women who had a previous cesarean delivery in the most recent viable pregnancy compared to women with vaginal delivery (odds ratio = 1.2; 95% confidence interval = 0.4, 3.7).
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Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
Daling
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Voigt
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D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D010298:Parity; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy