Despite the increasing tendency to deliver extremely preterm babies by caesarean, we did not find that it was associated with either reduced mortality or neuro-disability at two years of age. Therefore the method of delivery of very-low-birth weight premature infants should be based on obstetric or maternal indications rather than the perceived outcome of the baby.
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