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Vaginal Delivery After Cesarean Section: Is The Risk Acceptable?
Author(s) -
Waldman Richard,
Mielcarski Elaine
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of midwifery and women's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1542-2011
pISSN - 1526-9523
DOI - 10.1016/s1526-9523(01)00194-5
Subject(s) - section (typography) , medicine , vaginal birth , obstetrics , vaginal delivery , cesarean delivery , uterine rupture , gynecology , pregnancy , uterus , computer science , genetics , biology , operating system
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.