Author reply: No immediate increase in morbidity of infants delivered by term cesarean section for placenta previa: some concerns

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We appreciate Dr. Matsubara and his co-authors’ interest in our study [1]. Indeed, neonatal anemia is a concern in placenta previa newborns and may be influenced by the surgical technique used [2, 3]. Our study was not designed to assess neonatal anemia, which may or may not have been more prevalent in the placenta previa cases. Nevertheless, Apgar scores and perinatal mortality were comparable, suggesting that this was probably not a significant feature. Our point was mainly to direct attention to gestational age at delivery in these cases, as the major determinant of neonatal outcome rather than the placenta previa per se. …