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Delivery mode and maternal rehospitalization

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The rates of rehospitalization after cesarean section (1.41%) are significantly higher than those following spontaneous vaginal delivery (0.33%), mainly due to infection following cesarean section and late bleeding after vaginal delivery.

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We would like to thank Mr. Boris Futerman of the School of Public Health at Haifa University for his help with the statistical analysis.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western Galilee Hospital, P.O. Box 21, 22100, Nahariya, Israel

    Ella Ophir, Ido Solt, Rosa Michlin, Igor Buryanov & Jacob Bornstein

  2. School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel

    Avshalom Strulov

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Correspondence to Jacob Bornstein.

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Western Galilee Hospital is affiliated to the Ruth and Bruce Rapapport Faculty Of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.

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Ophir, E., Strulov, A., Solt, I. et al. Delivery mode and maternal rehospitalization. Arch Gynecol Obstet 277, 401–404 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-007-0476-4

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