Trial of labor after a one- or two-layer closure of a low transverse uterine incision.
In the subsequent labor and delivery of 292 women who had a prior low transverse cesarean section the incidence of scar separation was low and was not affected by the method of uterine closure. A low transverse incision closed in one continuous layer should not preclude a subsequent trial of labor.
Tucker
J M
JM
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233-7333.
Hauth
J C
JC
Hodgkins
P
P
Owen
J
J
Winkler
C L
CL
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014219:Trial of Labor; D014599:Uterus / Q000601:surgery*