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Obstetrics
Study: Absolute risk of complications from VBAC is very small
January 6th, 2005
The most definitive study to date of women who had previously undergone cesarean-section deliveries, but who later chose an attempt at vaginal delivery for subsequent births, shows that serious complications are possible, but that the absolute risk of these occurring is very small. These new findings were published in the December 15, 2004, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The multicenter study was sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. "This study is significant in addressing an issue that continuously...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-06)
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