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6 - Previous caesarean section

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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Madeleine MacDonald
Edited by
Dilly Anumba  and
Shehnaaz Jivraj
Dilly Anumba
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
Shehnaaz Jivraj
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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Antenatal Disorders for the MRCOG and Beyond , pp. 81 - 92
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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Further reading

Grobman, WA, Lai, Y, Landon, MB, et al. Can a prediction model for vaginal birth after caesarean section also predict the probability of morbidity related to trial of labor? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009; 200(1): 56.el–56.e6. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.039CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Tita, ATN, Landon, MB, Spong, CY, et al. Timing of elective repeat cesarean delivery at term and neonatal outcomes. N Eng J Med. 2009; 360: 111–20.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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