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Elective repeat cesarean delivery compared with trial of labor after a prior cesarean delivery: a propensity score
N Kok1, L Ruiter2, R Lindeboom3
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Objective:
To determine neonatal and short term maternal outcomes according to intentional mode of delivery following a cesarean delivery (CD).
Study Design:
Women pregnant after CD between January 2000 and December 2007 were categorized according to whether they had an elective repeat CD (ERCD) or a Trial of Labor (TOL). Prognostically equal ERCD and TOL groups were created using the propensity score matching technique. Conditional logistic regression was performed to assess differences in neonatal and maternal outcomes.
Population:
Women in their second ongoing pregnancy with a history of CD.
Results:
After ERCD the rates of low 5min Apgar score (OR 0.3, 95%CI 0.2-0.5, p<0.001), meconium aspiration (OR 0.0, 95%CI 0-0.7, p=0.02) and birth trauma (OR 0.08, 95%CI 0.002-0.5, p<0.001) were lower compared to TOL. The rate of transient tachypnoea of the newborn (TTN) appears higher in the ERCD group (OR 1.7, 95%CI 1.0-2.8, p=0.04). Uterine rupture (OR 0.1, 95%CI 0.003-0.8, p=0.02) and hemorrhage (OR 0.6, 95%CI 0.5-0.8, p<0.001) occurred less in the ERCD group.
Conclusion:
Neonatal and short term maternal morbidity appears to be lower after ERCD than after TOL. Only TTN was seen more often after ERCD.
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