Uterine scar assessment: how should it be done before trial of labor after cesarean delivery?

Affiliations

¹ Catherine Y. Spong, MD, is the Associate Editor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and chief of the Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; e-mail: spongc@dir49.nichd.nih.gov. John T. Queenan, MD, is the Deputy Editor of Obstetrics & Gynecology; e-mail: jqueenan@greenjournal.org.

Editorial

Catherine Y Spong et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Mar.

. 2011 Mar;117(3):521-522.

doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31820ce593.

¹ Catherine Y. Spong, MD, is the Associate Editor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and chief of the Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; e-mail: spongc@dir49.nichd.nih.gov. John T. Queenan, MD, is the Deputy Editor of Obstetrics & Gynecology; e-mail: jqueenan@greenjournal.org.

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Clinical importance of appearance of cesarean hysterotomy scar at transvaginal ultrasonography in nonpregnant women.
Vikhareva Osser O, Valentin L. Vikhareva Osser O, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Mar;117(3):525-532. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318209abf0. Obstet Gynecol. 2011. PMID: 21343754

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