Birth trauma in preterm spontaneous vaginal and cesarean section deliveries: A 10-years retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We compared birth injuries for spontaneous vaginal (VD) and caesarean section (CS) deliveries in preterm and term pregnancies.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a single tertiary center, between January 1st, 2007, and December 31st, 2017. The study included 62330 singleton pregnancies delivered after 24 0/7 weeks gestation. Multivariable analyses compared trauma at birth, birth hypoxia and birth asphyxia in term and preterm deliveries, stratified by mode of birth, VD versus CS. Main outcome measure was trauma at birth including intracranial laceration and haemorrhage, injuries to scalp, injuries to central and peripheral nervous system, fractures to skeleton, facial and eye injury.

Results

The incidence of preterm deliveries was 10.9%. De

SUBMITTER: Luca A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9576096 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature