Table 2.
Maternal and neonatal outcomes of women who attempted vaginal birth after cesarean delivery by inter-delivery interval length
| Maternal and neonatal risks | Inter-delivery interval (completed month) | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 24 (n = 28) | 24–59 (n = 395) | 60–119 (n = 521) | 120 or more (n = 112) | ||
| Maternal | |||||
| Successful rate of TOLAC | 25 (89.3) | 322 (81.5) | 411 (78.9) | 89 (79.5) | 0.477 |
| Infections morbidity | 0 | 5 (1.3) | 0 (1.7) | 3 (2.7) | 0.224 |
| Postpartum hemorrhage | 2 (7.1) | 3 (0.8) | 13 (2.5) | 4 (3.6) | 0.036 |
| Transfusion | 0 | 3 (0.8) | 8 (1.5) | 3 (2.7) | 0.082 |
| Uterine rupture | 0 | 4 (1.0) | 4 (0.8) | 0 | 0.668 |
| Hysterectomy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Maternal death | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Neonatal | |||||
| PB (< 37 weeks) | 12 (42.9) | 42 (10.7) | 59 (11.3) | 19 (17.0) | < 0.001 |
| LBW | 8 (28.6) | 31 (7.9) | 43 (8.3) | 15 (13.4) | 0.001 |
| APGAR < 5 at 1 min | 0 | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (2.7) | 0.050 |
| APGAR < 5 at 5 min | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 2 (1.8) | 0.014 |
| Antepartum stillbirth | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 2 (1.8) | 0.014 |
| Intrapartum stillbirth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Neonatal unit admission | 5 (17.9) | 35 (9.0) | 60 (11.6) | 16 (14.5) | 0.133 |
Infections morbidity: Defined as fever, infection, endometritis, and chorioamnionitis