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This nationwide prospective cohort study of the Korean Neonatal Network consisted of 9,286 VLBWIs at 23\u201334 gestational weeks (GW) of age between 2013 and 2017. The VLBWIs were stratified into 23\u201324, 25\u201326, 27\u201328 and 29\u201334 GW, and the mortality and morbidity were compared according to the mode of delivery. The total CS rate was 78%, and was directly proportional to gestational age. The CS rate was the lowest at 61% in case of infants born at 23\u201324 GW and the highest at 84% in VLBWIs delivered at 29\u201334 GW. Contrary to the significantly lower total mortality (12%) and morbidities including sepsis (21%) associated with CS than vaginal delivery (VD) (16% and 24%, respectively), the mortality in the 25\u201326 GW (26%) and sepsis in the 27\u201328 GW (25%) and 29\u201334 GW (12%) groups were significantly higher in CS than in VD (21%, 20% and 8%, respectively). 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