Planned elective repeat caesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for women with a previous caesarean birth
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| Meta‐analyis | Setting | Number of studies | Number participants |
| Rosen 1991 | Studies from USA; published 1982‐1989 | 31 | 11417 |
| Boulvain 1997 | Studies conducted in Sub‐Saharan Africa; published after 1970 | 17 | 4500 |
| Mozurkewich 2000 | Studies conducted in "high income" countries; published 1989‐1999 | 15 | 47682 |
| Guise 2003 | Studies conducted in "high income" countries; published after 1980 | 48 | 634,929 |
| Dodd 2004 | Truly prospective studies where clear that all women would have been eligible to attempt vaginal birth after caesarean section | 2 | 449 |
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Table 1. Characteristics of the available meta‐analyses of non‐randomised studies
| Outcome | Rosen | Boulvain | Mozurkewich | Guise | Dodd |
| Febrile morbidity | TOL ‐ 0.096 ERC ‐ 0.173 | Figures not separated | TOL ‐ 0.043 ERC ‐ 0.055 | TOL ‐ 0.086‐0.097 ERC ‐ 0.066‐0.068 | Figures not reported |
| Uterine dehiscence or rupture | TOL ‐ 0.018 ERC ‐ 0.019 | Figures not separated | TOL ‐ 0.0039 ERC ‐ 0.0016 | TOL ‐ 0.0027 ERC ‐ not reported | TOL ‐ 0.012 ERC ‐ 0.0 |
| Low Apgar score | TOL ‐ 0.024 ERC ‐ 0.016 | Figures not separated | TOL ‐ 0.022 ERC ‐ 0.009 | Figures not reported | TOL ‐ 0.042 ERC ‐ 0.008 |
| Perinatal death | TOL ‐ 0.018 ERC ‐ 0.01 | Figures not separated | TOL ‐ 0.0058 ERC ‐ 0.0034 | TOL ‐ 0.0013‐0.009 ERC ‐ 0.0001‐0.005 | TOL ‐ 0.0077 ERC ‐ 0.0 |
| Maternal death | TOL ‐ 0.0028 ERC ‐ 0.00024 ERC ‐ 0.00024 | Figures not separated | TOL ‐ 0.00011 ERC ‐ 0.0 | Figures not reported | TOL ‐ 0.0 ERC ‐ 0.0 |
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Table 2. Clinical outcomes from reported meta‐analyses
| Meta‐analysis | Included studies |
| Rosen 1991 | Flamm 1984; Eglinton 1984; Whiteside 1983; Duff 1988; Martin 1983; Mootabar 1984; Jarrell 1985; Phelan 1987; Hadley 1986; Eriksen 1989; Ollendorf 1988; Phelan 1989; Phelan 1984; Yeh 1984; Meier 1982; Sliver 1987; Flamm 1987; Horenstein 1985; Pruett 1988; Paul 1985; Beall 1984; Horenstein 1984; Stovall 1987; Tahilramaney 1984; Flamm 1988; Pruett 1988a; Veridiano 1989; Graham 1984; Novas 1989; Finley 1986; Yetman 1989; Sarno 1989; Hangsleben 1989 |
| Boulvain 1997 | Harrison 1985; Mock 1991; Nyirjesy 1992; Picaud 1990; van der Wijden 1993; van Roosmalen 1991; Wadhawan 1983; Walton 1978; Egwuatu 1990; Ojo 1989; Tshilombo 1991; De Muylder 1988; Granja 1991; Okpere 1982 |
| Mozurkewich 2000 | Eriksen 1989; Phelan 1989; Roumen 1990; Iglesias 1991; Paterson 1991; Troyer 1992; Raynor 1993; Abitbol 1993; Flamm 1994; Granovsky‐Grisaru 1994; McMahon 1996; Hook 1997; Obara 1998; Swaim 1998; Rageth 1999 |
| Guise 2003 | Meir 1982; Martin 1983; Paul 1985; Phelan 1987; Stovall 1987; Duff 1988;Flamm 1988; Flamm 1994; McMahon 1996; Smith 2002 |
| Dodd 2004 | Iglesias 1991; Abitbol 1993 |
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Table 3. Original articles included in meta‐analyses
