American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 195, Issue 4 , Pages 1138-1142 , October 2006

Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery in twin gestations: A large, nationwide sample of deliveries

  • Abigail A.D. Ford, MD

      Affiliations

    • College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
    • ,
  • Brian T. Bateman, MD

      Affiliations

    • College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
    • ,
  • Lynn L. Simpson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Lynn L. Simpson, MD, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 622 West 168th Street, PH 16-66, New York, NY 10032.

Received 19 February 2006 ,Revised 6 June 2006 ,Accepted 9 June 2006.

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 Presented at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Miami, FL, January 30-February 4, 2006.

PII: S0002-9378(06)00760-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.036

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 195, Issue 4 , Pages 1138-1142 , October 2006

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