Table 1

Clinical outcomes from the five identified systematic reviews

Outcome

Trial of Labour

Elective Repeat Caesarean


Febrile Morbidity

- Rosen [32,33]

9.6/100

17.3/100

- Boulvain [19]

Not Separated

Not Separated

- Mozurkewich [31]

4.3/100

5.5/100

- Guise [25]

8.6–9.7/100

6.6–6.8/100

- Dodd [30]

Not Reported

Not Reported

Uterine Rupture/Dehiscence

- Rosen [32,33]

1.8/100

1.9/100

- Boulvain [19]

Not Separated

Not Separated

- Mozurkewich [31]

3.9/1000

1.6/1000

- Guise [25]

2.7/1000

Not Reported

- Dodd [30]

1.2/100

0

Low Apgar Score

- Rosen [32,33]

2.4/100

1.6/100

- Boulvain [19]

Not Separated

Not Separated

- Mozurkewich [31]

2.2/100

9/1000

- Guise [25]

Not Reported

Not Reported

- Dodd [30]

4.2/100

8/1000

Perinatal Death

- Rosen [32,33]

1.8/100

1/100

- Boulvain [19]

Not Separated

Not Separated

- Mozurkewich [31]

5.8/1000

3.4/1000

- Guise [25]

1.3–9/1000

1/10 000–5/1000

- Dodd [30]

7.7/1000

0

Maternal Death

- Rosen [32,33]

2.8/1000

2.4/10 000

- Boulvain [19]

Not Separated

Not Separated

- Mozurkewich [31]

0

0

- Guise [25]

Not Reported

Not Reported

- Dodd [30]

0

0


Dodd et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2007 7:17   doi:10.1186/1471-2393-7-17

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