{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,7]],"date-time":"2026-08-07T16:05:42Z","timestamp":1786118742109,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":64,"publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2007,6]]},"DOI":"10.1097\/gco.0b013e32810fd797","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,5,10]],"date-time":"2007-05-10T04:04:13Z","timestamp":1178769853000},"page":"238-243","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["The impact of cesarean birth on subsequent fertility"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Engin","family":"Oral","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Koray","family":"Elter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-6-20210129","first-page":"1","article-title":"Births: final data for 2003","volume":"54","author":"Martin","year":"2005","journal-title":"Natl Vital Stat Rep"},{"key":"R2-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"41","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1728-4465.2006.00082.x","article-title":"Levels and trends in cesarean birth in the developing world","volume":"37","author":"Stanton","year":"2006","journal-title":"Stud Fam Plann"},{"key":"R3-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"751","DOI":"10.1097\/01.AOG.0000157435.67138.78","article-title":"A national estimate of the elective primary cesarean delivery rate","volume":"105","author":"Meikle","year":"2005","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R4-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"428","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2003.08.037","article-title":"Complications of cesarean deliveries: rates and risk factors","volume":"190","author":"Hager","year":"2004","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R5-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1697","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(00)03196-2","article-title":"","volume":"356","year":"2000","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"R6-6-20210129","first-page":"1","article-title":"NHS maternity statistics, England: 2003-04.","volume":"10","year":"2005","journal-title":"Stat Bull"},{"key":"R7-6-20210129","first-page":"1","article-title":"Births and deaths: United States 1996","volume":"46","author":"Ventura","year":"1997","journal-title":"Mon Vital Stat Rep"},{"key":"R8-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"946","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMsb022734","article-title":"Elective primary cesarean delivery","volume":"348","author":"Minkoff","year":"2003","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"R9-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1677","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(00)03169-X","article-title":"Choosing caesarean section","volume":"356","author":"Wagner","year":"2000","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"R10-6-20210129","first-page":"317","article-title":"FIGO Committee report. FIGO Committee for the Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women's Health. International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics","volume":"64","author":"Schenker","year":"1999","journal-title":"Int J Gynaecol Obstet"},{"key":"R11-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"351","DOI":"10.1097\/00001703-199712000-00003","article-title":"Caesarean section: every woman's right to choose?","volume":"9","author":"Paterson-Brown","year":"1997","journal-title":"Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R12-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1097\/00006254-200202000-00001","article-title":"Quo vadis cesarean delivery?","volume":"57","author":"Harer","year":"2002","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol Surv"},{"key":"R14-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"205","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9378(84)80017-4","article-title":"Frequency, spacing, and outcome of pregnancies subsequent to primary cesarean childbirth","volume":"150","author":"Zdeb","year":"1984","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R15-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"520","DOI":"10.1016\/S0015-0282(16)48491-8","article-title":"Cesarean section and subsequent fertility: results from the 1982 National Survey of Family Growth","volume":"43","author":"Hemminki","year":"1985","journal-title":"Fertil Steril"},{"key":"R16-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"12","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1523-536X.1987.tb01443.x","article-title":"Pregnancy and birth after cesarean section: a survey based on the Swedish birth register","volume":"14","author":"Hemminki","year":"1987","journal-title":"Birth"},{"key":"R17-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1517","DOI":"10.1097\/01.AOG.0000241092.79282.87","article-title":"Cesarean delivery on maternal request: maternal and neonatal outcomes","volume":"108","author":"Visco","year":"2006","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R18-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"611","DOI":"10.1152\/ajplegacy.1962.202.4.611","article-title":"Hypoxia and reproduction in Swiss mice","volume":"202","author":"Baird","year":"1962","journal-title":"Am J Physiol"},{"key":"R19-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"246","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1523-536X.1998.00246.x","article-title":"Experiences of emergency cesarean section: a phenomenological study of 53 women","volume":"25","author":"Ryding","year":"1998","journal-title":"Birth"},{"key":"R20-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"271","DOI":"10.1016\/0378-3782(88)90108-9","article-title":"Follow-up study of psychological consequences of caesarean childbirth","volume":"16","author":"Garel","year":"1988","journal-title":"Early Hum Dev"},{"key":"R21-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"105","DOI":"10.1016\/0378-3782(90)90039-L","article-title":"Psychosocial consequences of caesarean childbirth: a four-year follow-up study","volume":"21","author":"Garel","year":"1990","journal-title":"Early Hum Dev"},{"key":"R22-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1271","DOI":"10.1016\/0277-9536(93)90338-5","article-title":"Psychosocial impact of cesarean section on the family: a literature review","volume":"37","author":"Mutryn","year":"1993","journal-title":"Soc Sci Med"},{"key":"R23-6-20210129","first-page":"1068","article-title":"Operative intervention in delivery is associated with compromised early mother\u2013infant interaction","volume":"108","author":"Rowe-Murray","year":"2001","journal-title":"Br J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"R24-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"227","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08235.x","article-title":"Subsequent obstetric performance related to primary mode of delivery","volume":"106","author":"Jolly","year":"1999","journal-title":"Br J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"R25-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1297","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.1989.tb03227.x","article-title":"Mode of delivery and future fertility","volume":"96","author":"Hall","year":"1989","journal-title":"Br J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"R26-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1061","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.2005.00651.x","article-title":"Primary mode of delivery and subsequent pregnancy","volume":"112","author":"Mollison","year":"2005","journal-title":"BJOG"},{"key":"R27-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"24","DOI":"10.1136\/jech.45.1.24","article-title":"Long term maternal health effects of caesarean section","volume":"45","author":"Hemminki","year":"1991","journal-title":"J Epidemiol Community Health"},{"key":"R28-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"379","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9378(87)80177-1","article-title":"Primary cesarean section and subsequent fertility","volume":"157","author":"LaSala","year":"1987","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R29-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"249","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1479-828X.1992.tb01959.x","article-title":"Pregnancy following infertility","volume":"32","author":"Bhalla","year":"1992","journal-title":"Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"R30-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2593","DOI":"10.1093\/humrep\/16.12.2593","article-title":"Review of unexplained infertility and obstetric outcome: a 10 year review","volume":"16","author":"Pandian","year":"2001","journal-title":"Hum Reprod"},{"key":"R31-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"90","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fertnstert.2005.07.1289","article-title":"First cesarean birth and subsequent fertility","volume":"85","author":"Smith","year":"2006","journal-title":"Fertil Steril"},{"key":"R32-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1569","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9378(96)70608-7","article-title":"Long-term effects of cesarean sections: ectopic pregnancies and placental problems","volume":"174","author":"Hemminki","year":"1996","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R33-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"313","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9378(99)70205-X","article-title":"Adhesion-related small-bowel obstruction after gynecologic operations","volume":"180","author":"Al-Took","year":"1999","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R34-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"36","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fertnstert.2005.12.023","article-title":"Risk factors for ectopic pregnancy in women with symptomatic first-trimester pregnancies","volume":"86","author":"Barnhart","year":"2006","journal-title":"Fertil Steril"},{"key":"R35-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"297","DOI":"10.1016\/0029-7844(95)00392-4","article-title":"Previous cesarean delivery and the risk of ectopic pregnancy","volume":"87","author":"Kendrick","year":"1996","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R36-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"278","DOI":"10.1093\/humrep\/deh060","article-title":"Ectopic pregnancies in Caesarean section scars: the 8 year experience of one medical centre","volume":"19","author":"Maymon","year":"2004","journal-title":"Hum Reprod"},{"key":"R37-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1382","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.80.11.1382","article-title":"Prior cesarean delivery in women with secondary tubal infertility","volume":"80","author":"Wolf","year":"1990","journal-title":"Am J Public Health"},{"key":"R38-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"424","DOI":"10.1016\/S0015-0282(02)03215-6","article-title":"Nonclosure of peritoneum at cesarean delivery and future fertility","volume":"78","author":"Nather","year":"2002","journal-title":"Fertil Steril"},{"key":"R39-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"276","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.2006.00846.x","article-title":"Caesarean section and subsequent fertility in sub-Saharan Africa","volume":"113","author":"Collin","year":"2006","journal-title":"BJOG"},{"key":"R40-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1064","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09937.x","article-title":"Is there an incremental rise in the risk of obstetric intervention with increasing maternal age?","volume":"105","author":"Rosenthal","year":"1998","journal-title":"Br J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"R41-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"51","DOI":"10.1097\/01.AOG.0000100153.24061.45","article-title":"Increased infertility with age in men and women","volume":"103","author":"Dunson","year":"2004","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R42-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"213","DOI":"10.1016\/S0029-7844(96)00449-8","article-title":"Association between prepregnancy obesity and the risk of cesarean delivery","volume":"89","author":"Crane","year":"1997","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R43-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"184","DOI":"10.1097\/00001648-200203000-00013","article-title":"Physical activity, body mass index, and ovulatory disorder infertility","volume":"13","author":"Rich-Edwards","year":"2002","journal-title":"Epidemiology"},{"key":"R44-6-20210129","first-page":"869","article-title":"Fertility in anovulatory patients after primary cesarean section","volume":"43","author":"Bider","year":"1998","journal-title":"J Reprod Med"},{"key":"R45-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"268","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.2006.00853.x","article-title":"Absence of conception after caesarean section: voluntary or involuntary?","volume":"113","author":"Bhattacharya","year":"2006","journal-title":"BJOG"},{"key":"R46-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"254","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.2002.01200.x","article-title":"Does a traumatic birth experience have an impact on future reproduction?","volume":"109","author":"Gottvall","year":"2002","journal-title":"BJOG"},{"key":"R47-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1914","DOI":"10.1093\/humrep\/17.7.1914","article-title":"The relationship between Caesarean section and subfertility in a population-based sample of 14 541 pregnancies","volume":"17","author":"Murphy","year":"2002","journal-title":"Hum Reprod"},{"key":"R48-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"83","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1523-536X.2002.00167.x","article-title":"Prevalence and persistence of health problems after childbirth: associations with parity and method of birth","volume":"29","author":"Thompson","year":"2002","journal-title":"Birth"},{"key":"R49-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"186","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11689.x","article-title":"Women's sexual health after childbirth","volume":"107","author":"Barrett","year":"2000","journal-title":"BJOG"},{"key":"R50-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"330","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11463.x","article-title":"Sexual function after childbirth: women's experiences, persistent morbidity and lack of professional recognition","volume":"104","author":"Glazener","year":"1997","journal-title":"Br J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"R51-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"156","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10045.x","article-title":"Maternal health after childbirth: results of an Australian population based survey","volume":"105","author":"Brown","year":"1998","journal-title":"Br J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"R53-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"232","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-3016.2001.00345.x","article-title":"Delivery method and self-reported postpartum general health status among primiparous women","volume":"15","author":"Lydon-Rochelle","year":"2001","journal-title":"Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol"},{"key":"R54-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"430","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1542-2011.2004.tb04437.x","article-title":"Postpartum sexual functioning and method of delivery: summary of the evidence","volume":"49","author":"Hicks","year":"2004","journal-title":"J Midwifery Women's Health"},{"key":"R55-6-20210129","first-page":"620","article-title":"Effects of cesarean section on fertility and abortions","volume":"31","author":"Hemminki","year":"1986","journal-title":"J Reprod Med"},{"key":"R56-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"213","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(95)11207-3","article-title":"Randomised, controlled trial of efficacy of midwife-managed care","volume":"348","author":"Turnbull","year":"1996","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"R57-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"337","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(90)90381-G","article-title":"Infections complicating low-risk cesarean sections in community hospitals: efficacy of antimicrobial prophylaxis","volume":"162","author":"Ehrenkranz","year":"1990","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R58-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"842","DOI":"10.1097\/00003081-199412000-00009","article-title":"Wound complications after cesarean sections","volume":"37","author":"Owen","year":"1994","journal-title":"Clin Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R59-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"14","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1399-6576.1996.tb04382.x","article-title":"An audit of perioperative aspiration pneumonitis in gynaecological and obstetric patients","volume":"40","author":"Soreide","year":"1996","journal-title":"Acta Anaesthesiol Scand"},{"key":"R60-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"231","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(84)90208-4","article-title":"Fertility following cesarean section endoparametritis","volume":"149","author":"Valenzuela","year":"1984","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R61-6-20210129","first-page":"256","article-title":"Effects of postcesarean section febrile morbidity on subsequent fertility","volume":"64","author":"Hurry","year":"1984","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R62-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"914","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.2006.01017.x","article-title":"Which factors determine the sexual function 1 year after childbirth?","volume":"113","author":"van Brummen","year":"2006","journal-title":"BJOG"},{"key":"R63-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-7292(02)00227-8","article-title":"Cesarean section as a cause of chronic pelvic pain","volume":"79","author":"Almeida","year":"2002","journal-title":"Int J Gynaecol Obstet"},{"key":"R64-6-20210129","first-page":"496","article-title":"Cesarean delivery and anal sphincter injury","volume":"92","author":"Fynes","year":"1998","journal-title":"Obstet Gynecol"},{"key":"R65-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1822","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.287.14.1822","article-title":"Outcomes at 3 months after planned cesarean vs planned vaginal delivery for breech presentation at term: the international randomized Term Breech Trial","volume":"287","author":"Hannah","year":"2002","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"R66-6-20210129","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"917","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2004.08.004","article-title":"Maternal outcomes at 2 years after planned cesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for breech presentation at term: the international randomized Term Breech Trial","volume":"191","author":"Hannah","year":"2004","journal-title":"Am J Obstet Gynecol"}],"container-title":["Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.1097\/GCO.0b013e32810fd797","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,6]],"date-time":"2026-08-06T16:36:26Z","timestamp":1786034186000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/00001703-200706000-00006"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2007,6]]},"references-count":64,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2007]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/gco.0b013e32810fd797","relation":{},"ISSN":["1040-872X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1040-872X","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2007,6]]}}}