ABSTRACT
Background: Trial of labour after caesarean section is a significant issue faced in obstetrics practice
Objective: To determine the frequency of success of trial of labour after previous one caesarean section
Subjects and Methods: This descriptive case series study was conducted at Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit-1, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore, from 1[st] July to 31[st] December 2010. One hundred seventy five patients of trial of labour after previous one caesarean section were included who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data was entered and analyzed by SPSS version 16
Results: The mean age of patients was 26.73+2.90 years. The age range was from 20 to 30 years. The mean gestational age was 38.15+0.76 weeks. After trial of labour, 72% of patients delivered spontaneous vaginally, 22% has caesarean section, 4% has vacuum delivery while 2% has forceps delivery
Conclusion: It is concluded that the present study showed that trial of labour in patients with previous one caesarean section due to non recurrent cause is safe and has success rate of 78% which is encouraging