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All women were separated into two subgroups according to different stages of labor at the time of their CD: subgroup A (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u2009109; 68.1%) for elective CD and CD performed in latent labor at a cervical dilatation (\u22644\u2009cm) and subgroup B (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u200951; 31.9%); for CD performed during the active stage of labor (&gt;4\u2009cm).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall, the incidence of a uterine niche was significantly (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u2009.001) higher in women who had an elective (20\/45; 44.4%) compared with those who had an emergent (21\/115; 18.3%) CD. 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There was a significantly (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u2009.001) higher proportion of women with a residual myometrial thickness (RMT)\u2009&gt;\u20093\u2009mm in subgroup A than in subgroup B and a significant negative relationship was found between the RMT and the cervical dilatation at CD (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u2009\u22120.22; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u2009.008).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Sonographic cesarean section scar assessment indicates that the type of CD and the stage of labor at which the hysterotomy is performed have an impact on the location of the scar and the scarification process including the niche formation and 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