Planned caesarean section vs planned vaginal birth: Perinatal or neonatal death
Planned caesarean section showed no clear difference in perinatal or neonatal death compared with planned vaginal birth (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Planned caesarean section vs planned vaginal birth Perinatal or neonatal death · women with a twin pregnancy Planned caesarean section showed no clear difference in perinatal or neonatal death compared with planned vaginal birth (moderate certainty). Planned caesarean section for women with a twin pregnancy (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.41 [0.76, 2.62] | 2 studies · 5685 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned caesarean section for women with a twin pregnancy 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.