1. Vaginal birth after a caesarean is not always beneficial
- Author
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Paul Ayuk
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Pregnancy ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Vaginal delivery ,Vaginal birth ,medicine.medical_treatment ,General Engineering ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Breech presentation ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Medicine ,Caesarean section ,Risks and benefits ,Letters ,business ,Risk assessment ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
The study by Montgomery et al and the accompanying editorial are based on the premise that vaginal delivery after one caesarean section is necessarily a beneficial and desirable objective or outcome.1 2 However, the risks and benefits as published in the recent RCOG (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) guidelines3 can be summarised as follows: Risks …
- Published
- 2007