title: Prediction of vaginal delivery following caesarean section for failure to progress based on the initial aberrant labour pattern.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether the pattern of cervical dilatation prior to caesarean section for 'failure to progress' can predict the outcome of subsequent labour.
  
  
  METHODS
  Single hospital case note review of 171 women delivered by caesarean section for failure to progress and subsequently delivering at the same hospital. Cervicograms were categorized into one of the four patterns by an assessor blinded to the subsequent outcome. Statistical analysis was done by analysis of variance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of vaginal delivery did not significantly differ between the groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Categorisation of failure to progress by partographic abnormality does not predict subsequent successful vaginal delivery.
authors.affiliation: School of Human Development, Academic Division of Reproductive Medicine, NURTURE, B Floor, East Block, Queen's Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Raine-Fenning
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gee
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D016064:Vaginal Birth after Cesarean