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Previous early c-section ups future rupture risk.(News)

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| May 15, 2006 | McNamara, Damian | COPYRIGHT 2006 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MIAMI BEACH -- Women with a history of preterm cesarean delivery are twice as likely to experience uterine rupture during a subsequent vaginal delivery, compared with women who have a history of operative delivery at term, according to a large study.

However, the absolute increased risk of 1% may be acceptable to some women who are considering a trial of labor after a previous cesarean section, Dr. Anthony Sciscione said at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

"The 1% may be too high for some women but acceptable to others." Dr. Sciscione, chief of obstetrics at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pa., and his associates compared 5,839 women with a history of preterm cesarean delivery to 35,528 with a history of term cesarean delivery.

They found the preterm group twice as likely to experience uterine rupture on a subsequent vaginal delivery, compared with the term group (odds ratio 2.05).

The risk was still increased when the researchers controlled for emergency cesarean deliveries (OR 1.73).

"Rate of uterine rupture was highest among those who had a previous preterm delivery and subsequent full-term ...

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