trial of scar

plural trials of scar

1. medicineA labour where a vaginal delivery is attempted in a woman who has had a previous caesarean section.

   In a recent UK survey, 95% of consultants responded that they would not allow trial of scar following a classical Caesarean section (Roberts et al 1994).

   1995, Geoffrey Chamberlain, editor, Turnbull's Obstetrics, 2nd edition, Churchill Livingstone, →ISBN, page 719

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   Tradition has taught that a previous classical Caesarean section, more than one scar, previous obstructed labour, and contracted pelvis all provide absolute contraindications to a trial of scar.

   1988, Christopher Targett, “Caesarean Section and Trial of Scar”, in The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, volume 28, number 4, pages 249–262

   A trial of scar may be justified in a woman with a previous cesarean section who is currently on HAART, has an undetectable virus and spontaneously goes into labor.

   2012, Jyoti Dhar, “A Guide to the Clinical Care of Pregnant Women with HIV”, in Mamatha M Lala, Rashid H Merchant, editors, Principles of Perinatal and Pediatric HIV/AIDS, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, →ISBN, page 317