Breech delivery: a critical evaluation of the mode of delivery and outcome of labor
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Vol. 27 (1) , 17-20
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7292(88)90082-3
Abstract
This is a retrospective study of 213 term, singleton, uncomplicated pregnancies presenting as breech. Thirty-two percent had elective cesarean section and 61% of those selected from vaginal delivery actually did so. Events in labor and fetal oucome suggest that vaginal delivery of a breech infant, after careful feto-maternal assessment, continuous fetal monitoring, adequate progress in labor and delivery by an experienced "midwife", provides comparable fetal outcome to delivery by elective cesarean section.Keywords
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