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Using a database we analyzed the short-term neonatal outcome in twin pregnancies offered a trial of labor with special emphasis on the second twin depending on presentation and mode of delivery. Neonatal outcome was evaluated by Apgar scores, umbilical cord blood pH values, and perinatal or neonatal morbidity and mortality. Overall, in 219 (78%) of 281 pregnancies successful vaginal birth (VB) of both twins (VB\u2013VB) was possible, 48 (17%) women had to be delivered by cesarean section (CS) of both twins (CS\u2013CS), and in 14 (5%) women the second twin had to be delivered by CS after VB of the first twin (VB\u2013CS). Successful VB was most common for vertex-vertex (V\/V; <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 171, 82%) and vertex-nonvertex (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 48, 75%) presentation (V\/NV). Twins delivered by VB\u2013CS had the lowest values for pH<jats:sub>art<\/jats:sub> (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = .006) and pH<jats:sub>ven<\/jats:sub> (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = .010). pH<jats:sub>art<\/jats:sub> less than or equal to 7.00 values occurred only in second twins delivered VB\u2013VB or VB\u2013CS. Lower Apgar scores of the second twin occurred more frequently in the VB\u2013CS and in the VB\u2013VB than in the CS\u2013CS groups (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub> &lt; .05). Lower levels of pH<jats:sub>art<\/jats:sub> (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = .002) and frequency of pH<jats:sub>art<\/jats:sub> less than or equal to 7.00 occurred more often in nonvertex second twins than in vertex second twins (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .022). 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