Objectives: To determine maternal and perinatal outcomes in a new cesarean procedure and vaginal delivery in women with prior cesarean delivery. Design: Descriptive, series of cases study. Setting: Obstetrics Service, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Participants: We included 1 591 patients who had prior cesarean delivery between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2009. We used the Perinatal Information System, clinical charts and Blood Unit registry. Main outcome measures: Maternal and neonatal complications associated with cesarean section. Results: The rate of vaginal deliveries and cesarean deliveries in women with prior cesarean delivery were respectively 19% and 81%. We found 18 endometritis cases and 3 infections of the operative wound in the group of cesarean deliveries, and two endometritis and no infections in the vaginal birth group. There were few cases of low Ap...

Objectives: To determine maternal and perinatal outcomes in a new cesarean procedure and vaginal delivery in women with prior cesarean delivery. Design: Descriptive, series of cases study. Setting: Obstetrics Service, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Participants: We included 1 591 patients who had prior cesarean delivery between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2009. We used the Perinatal Information System, clinical charts and Blood Unit registry. Main outcome measures: Maternal and neonatal complications associated with cesarean section. Results: The rate of vaginal deliveries and cesarean deliveries in women with prior cesarean delivery were respectively 19% and 81%. We found 18 endometritis cases and 3 infections of the operative wound in the group of cesarean deliveries, and two endometritis and no infections in the vaginal birth group. There were few cases of low Ap...