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Risk of Uterine Rupture during Labor among Women with a Prior Cesarean Delivery

Mona T. Lydon‐Rochelle, Victoria L. Holt, Thomas R. Easterling, Diane P. Martin

New England Journal of Medicine · 2001 · 936 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

For women with one prior cesarean delivery, the risk of uterine rupture is higher among those whose labor is induced than among those with repeated cesarean delivery without labor. Labor induced with a prostaglandin confers the highest risk.

References

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J. C. Rageth · Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1999 · 229 citations