Maternal motives behind elective cesarean sections
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Puerperal complications following elective Cesarean sections for twin pregnancies.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the maternal puerperal morbidity in elective and emergent cesareans in twins. STUDY DESIGN We evaluated postpartum complications among patients who underwent elective cesarean birth for twin pregnancy. This group was compared to matched singletons and to emergent cesareans in twins. RESULTS During the period September 1994-March 2006 there were 299 (47.4%) elective and...
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243 Received February 5, 2014; revised and accepted July 2, 2014. Published online July 3
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Human Biology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1042-0533
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23226