American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 195, Issue 4 , Pages 1127-1131 , October 2006

The MFMU Cesarean Registry: Impact of fetal size on trial of labor success for patients with previous cesarean for dystocia

  • Alan M. Peaceman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Rebecca Gersnoviez, MS

      Affiliations

    • The George Washington University Biostatistics Center, Washington, DC
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  • Mark B. Landon, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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  • Catherine Y. Spong, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD
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  • Kenneth J. Leveno, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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  • Michael W. Varner, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Dwight J. Rouse, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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  • Atef H. Moawad, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Steve N. Caritis, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Margaret Harper, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Ronald J. Wapner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Yoram Sorokin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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  • Menachem Miodovnik, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    • Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Marshall Carpenter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brown University, Providence, RI
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  • Mary J. O'Sullivan, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Miami, Miami, FL
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  • Baha M. Sibai, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
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  • Oded Langer, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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  • John M. Thorp, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Susan M. Ramin, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX
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  • Brian M. Mercer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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  • for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network

Received 9 March 2006 ,Revised 16 May 2006 ,Accepted 1 June 2006.

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 Supported by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD21410, HD21414, HD27860, HD27861, HD27869, HD27905, HD27915, HD27917, HD34116, HD34122, HD34136, HD34208, HD34210, HD40500, HD40485, HD40544, HD40545, HD40560, HD40512, and HD36801).Presented at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Miami, FL, January 30-February 4, 2006.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(06)00696-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.003

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 195, Issue 4 , Pages 1127-1131 , October 2006

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