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Australia

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Women having their second birth vaginally whose first birth was by caesarean section

• Queensland Health
  • Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC)

• SA Health
  • Birth after Caesarean Section

Australia, New Zealand

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Birth after previous caesarean section [2019]

Austria

• Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • Labour and Childbirth After Previous Caesarean Section: Recommendations of the Austrian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OEGGG) [2016]

Belgium

• BMJ Open
  • Nationwide population-based cohort study of uterine rupture in Belgium: results from the Belgian Obstetric Surveillance System [2016]

Brazil

• Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
  • Birth route in case of cesarean section in a previous pregnancy [2015]

Canada

• Association of Ontario Midwives
  • Vaginal Birth After Previous Low-Segment Caesarean Section [2021]

• BMJ Open
  • Investigating the implementation of a Trial of Labour After Caesarean (TOLAC) delivery bundle with respect to decreasing caesarean delivery rates: a multisite quality improvement initiative [2025]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
  • Assessing the Balance Between Success and Safety in Trial of Labour After Cesarean [2026]

• Perinatal Services BC
  • Birth After Cesarean

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Mode of delivery after a previous cesarean birth, and associated maternal and neonatal morbidity [2018]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Trial of Labour After Caesarean [2019]
  • Guidelines for Vaginal Birth After Previous Caesarean Birth [2018]

China

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • The incidence, risk factors and maternal and foetal outcomes of uterine rupture during different birth policy periods: an observational study in China [2021]
  • Obstetricians’ perspectives on trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) under the two-child policy in China: a cross-sectional study [2021]

Denmark

• PLoS ONE
  • Can Intrapartum Cardiotocography Predict Uterine Rupture among Women with Prior Caesarean Delivery?: A Population Based Case-Control Study [2016]

Ethiopia

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Predictors of successful vaginal birth after a cesarean section in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

• International Health
  • Trend, prevalence and predictors of successful vaginal birth after caesarean section in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]

• Scientific Reports
  • Vaginal birth after cesarean section and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

Finland

• Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • The rates of vaginal births after cesarean section have increased during the last decades: a nationwide register-based cohort study in Finland [2023]

• European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
  • Use of labor analgesia in trials of labor after previous cesarean section: A nationwide register-based analysis in Finland [2023]

• Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
  • Delivery mode and fetal outcome in attempted vaginal deliveries after previous cesarean section: a nationwide register-based cohort study in Finland [2023]

France

• Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • Risk factors for complete uterine rupture in patients with trial of labor after cesarean delivery [2025]

Germany

• Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • Misoprostol for Labour Induction after Previous Caesarean Section – Forever a “No Go”? [2015]

• GMS German Medical Science
  • Impact of caesarean section on mode of delivery, pregnancy-induced and pregnancy-associated disorders, and complications in the subsequent pregnancy in Germany [2016]

High-income countries

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • A systematic review of transvaginal ultrasound assessment of cesarean scar characteristics and prediction of adverse obstetric outcomes [2026]

• Frontiers in Medicine
  • Planned mode of birth after previous cesarean section: A structured review of the evidence on the associated outcomes for women and their children in high-income setting [2022]

• Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
  • Trial of labor versus elective cesarean delivery for patients with two prior cesarean sections: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]

India

• Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India
  • Birth after Cesarean Section [2024]

International

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
  • Oxytocin dosing during trial of labor after cesarean to minimize the risk of uterine rupture: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2026]

• Cureus
  • Enhancing Obstetric Decision-Making With AI: A Systematic Review of AI Models for Predicting Mode of Delivery [2025]

• European Journal of Midwifery
  • The decision-making process in the choice of VBAC: Facilitators and barriers from women's perception, a systematic review [2025]

• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • FIGO good practice recommendations for vaginal birth after cesarean section [2025]
  • FIGO good practice recommendations for cesarean delivery: Prep-for-Labor triage to minimize risks and maximize favorable outcomes [2023]

Ireland

• Ireland's Health Services
  • National Clinical Practice Guideline: Vaginal Birth after Caesarean Section [2023]

Italy

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Vaginal birth after caesarean birth in Italy: variations among areas of residence and hospitals [2018]

Sierra Leone

• International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Long-term maternal outcomes 5 years after cesarean section in Sierra Leone: A prospective cohort study [2025]

Taiwan

• Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Section in Taiwan: A Population-Based Study [2019]

• Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
  • The determinants of obstetricians’ willingness to undertake delivery by vaginal birth after cesarean section in Taiwan [2019]

United Kingdom

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Quality statement 1: Vaginal birth after a caesarean birth [2021]

• NHS England
  • Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section Guideline [2019]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Birth after Previous Caesarean Birth [2015]

• WISDOM
  • Birth After Caesarean (BAC) Guideline [2024]

United States

• Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • Prediction of uterine rupture in singleton pregnancies with one prior cesarean birth undergoing TOLAC: A cross-sectional study [2025]

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: New Insights [2010]

• AJOG Global Reports
  • Recent trends in term trial of labor after cesarean by number of prior cesarean deliveries [2023]

• American Academy of Family Physicians
  • Planning for Labor and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery: Guidelines from the AAFP [2015]

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Counseling Regarding Approach to Delivery After Cesarean and the Use of a Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Calculator [2021]

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Trial of labor after cesarean, vaginal birth after cesarean, and the risk of uterine rupture: an expert review [2024]

• American Journal of Perinatology
  • A Novel and Modern Calculator to Predict Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Delivery [2026]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Recent Trends in Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery: United States, 2016-2018 [2020]
  • Maternal Morbidity for Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries, According to Previous Cesarean History: New Data From the Birth Certificate, 2013 [2015]

• Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
  • Women’s Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Vaginal Birth After Cesarean in the United States: An Integrative Review [2020]
  • Limitations of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Success Prediction [2018]

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Prediction of vaginal birth after cesarean using information at admission for delivery: a calculator without race or ethnicity [2024]
  • Prediction of vaginal birth after cesarean delivery in term gestations: a calculator without race and ethnicity [2021]
  • What We Have Learned About Trial of Labor After Cesarean Delivery from the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Cesarean Registry [2016]
  • Lifetime cost-effectiveness of trial of labor after cesarean in the United States [2013]
  • The change in the rate of vaginal birth after caesarean section [2011]

• Nursing Outlook
  • Relationship between nurse staffing during labor and cesarean birth rates in U.S. hospitals [2025]

• Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Uterine Rupture Trends in Patients Pursuing Trial of Labor After Cesarean in the United States from 2010 to 2022 [2025]

• PLoS ONE
  • Inequities in quality perinatal care in the United States during pregnancy and birth after cesarean [2022]

• StatPearls
  • Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery
  • Uterine Rupture

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• Topic
  • Labor, delivery, childbirth
  • Cesarean section