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  • Title: [Management of labor following cesarean section].
    Author: Ralph G, Wessel J, Lichtenegger W, Schorer P.
    Journal: Z Geburtshilfe Perinatol; 1989; 193(4):188-92. PubMed ID: 2800662.
    Abstract:
    Of 451 deliveries between 1 July 1981 and 30 June 1987, in patients having previously undergone a cesarean section, 279 (62%) were vaginal births, 80 (18%) were primary and 92 (20%) secondary repeat cesareans. The highest frequency of vaginal deliveries was in cases with prior abnormal presentation (87%). History continues to play an important role: vaginal deliveries were achieved in 59% of the cases in which the cesarean section was the only previous delivery. This rate increased to 89% if the subsequent birth was vaginal. Uterine rupture occurred in 10 cases (2.2%). The mode of delivery had no significant influence on the incidence of acidosis; in the repeat cesarean cases the newborns had poorer one-minute Apgar scores.
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