Usually the cut is made across the lower abdomen between the hip bones. This is called a low-transverse C-section. If the cut goes up and down, it is called a "classic C-section." Most of the time ...

For women with a prior low transverse incision cesarean delivery ... Department of Health Care Organization and Policy. "Older C-section incision techniques posed a higher risk of uterine rupture ...

Methods Starting in 2005, the study included 308 nonpregnant women with a history of low transverse cesarean section. The following ultrasonographic parameters of the cesarean section scar in the ...

Those with two previous low-transverse cesarean incisions. Those carrying twins. Those with an unknown type of uterine incision. Women who deliver their baby vaginally following a C-section birth ...

You’ll need to have a C-section again. If your C-section scar is low and transverse, your doctor might allow you to try VBAC, if your other risk factors are low. Check with your doctor early to ...

Mackeen's group enrolled 746 pregnant women at three hospitals into the CROSS study to test outcomes for sutures versus staples to close low-transverse C-section incisions. From 2010 to 2012 ...

No, you don’t have to have a C-section with future pregnancies, as long as your previous cesarean delivery was a low transverse (roughly horizontal) incision on the uterus, says Robert O.

if both involved low-transverse uterine incisions (the most common uterine incision done during a C-section), some practitioners may offer the VBAC option. The likelihood of VBAC appears to be ...

There are many reasons why you might need or prefer a planned or elective C-section over a VBAC. These include circumstances if you: had more than two low transverse cesarean deliveries, have ...

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