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Impact of high-order repeat cesarean deliveries on early maternal complications among major placenta previa patients in Southern Saudi Arabia

Ayman H. Shaamash, Mehad H. AlQasem, Ahmed A. Mahfouz, Deama S. Al Ghamdi, Norah I. Almanie and Mamdoh A. Eskandar
Saudi Medical Journal October 2024, 45 (10) 1049-1056; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.10.20240329
Ayman H. Shaamash
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, and from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar), Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mehad H. AlQasem
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, and from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar), Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmed A. Mahfouz
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, and from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar), Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Deama S. Al Ghamdi
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, and from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar), Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Norah I. Almanie
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, and from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar), Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mamdoh A. Eskandar
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, and from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Shaamash, AlQasem, Al Ghamdi, Almanie, Eskandar), Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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