title: Induction of labour for trial of vaginal birth after caesarean section in a remote district hospital.
abstract: In a retrospective review of 79 women with 1 or more previous Caesarean section, 33 (41.8%) women agreed to a trial of vaginal birth. Twenty nine women had labour induced and 26 (89.7%) of them had a successful vaginal delivery. Four women laboured spontaneously and 1 of them needed an emergency Caesarean section for failure to progress. The overall vaginal delivery rate for women selected to undergo a trial of vaginal birth after Caesarean was 87.9%. The overall emergency Caesarean section rate was 4 of 33 (12.1%). During the study period the Caesarean section rate for the hospital fell from 32.2% to 11%. This study suggests that induction of labour in women with a previous Caesarean section is very successful in achieving vaginal delivery and has a role to play in remote and rural hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Port Hedland Regional Hospital, Western Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maouris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014219:Trial of Labor; D016064:Vaginal Birth after Cesarean; D014904:Western Australia