We read with great interest the editorial by Drs Vintzileos and Ananth that discusses the recent article by Gregory et al demonstrating an association between labor induction and augmentation and subsequent…

Vintzileos and Ananth recently expressed concerns about overinterpretation of findings from our recent study that may inappropriately influence delivery room practice and the potential role of misclassification bias concerning the…

We appreciate and agree with the comments of the authors of the letter to the editor. In addition to being the most cost-effective type of hysterectomy, vaginal hysterectomy is clinically the…

Robot-assisted hysterectomy (RH) is undisputedly the most expensive surgical procedure to remove the uterus whereas vaginal hysterectomy (VH) is the most cost-efficient of all minimally invasive methods. Nevertheless, laparoscopic hysterectomy…

I read with interest the article by Levine et al. The rate of spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) in subsequent pregnancy, which was defined as spontaneous preterm labor or preterm premature rupture…

Thank you for your interest in our article. Last month, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine published a joint statement to redefine…

Cheng et al analyzed planned home birth and hospital outcomes (notably 5 minute Apgar, neonatal seizures) using national birth certificate data for 2008. Readers should consider several issues when weighing the…

We thank the authors for their comments about our study. We agree with the authors that there are limitations to this study and had discussed them in the Comment section…