Vaginal delivery after cesarean section: is the risk acceptable?
Recent studies and commentary have questioned the safety of vaginal births after cesarean sections (VBACs). The history of VBACs is reviewed and a framework to continue the safe practice of trials of labor in women with a prior uterine scar is presented.
Waldman
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Upstate Medical Center, State University of New York, USA.
Mielcarski
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D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D014219:Trial of Labor; D016064:Vaginal Birth after Cesarean / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards*