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Article: Vaginal, cesarean deliveries result in same trauma rate, but nature of events varies.(Obstetrics)
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- OB GYN News
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- June 1, 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Birth trauma occurs at the same rate in vaginal and cesarean deliveries, but the nature of the trauma is different, according to data presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Study investigators were not able to distinguish between planned cesarean deliveries and cesarean deliveries that resulted from a failed trial of labor, however.
"The group we have to pay particular attention to is women who had a failed attempt at delivery and then had a C-section. That's probably the highest risk group and may actually be contributing to the trauma in the C-section group. But we couldn't look at ...