[On the optimal method of delivery in breech presentation (author's transl)].
Between 1966 and 1974, 90% of 581 single breech presentations were delivered vaginally. The incidence of Caesarean Section was 9.5%. The overall perinatal mortality was 14%. After elimination of premature deliveries under 1000 grams, stillbirth prior to labour and non-viable anomalies, the perinatal mortality was 5.6%. The perinatal mortality in infants over 2500 grams was 0.69%.
D001724:Birth Weight; D001946:Breech Presentation; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D005113:Extraction, Obstetrical; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007746:Labor Presentation; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature; D011247:Pregnancy
Zur Frage der optimalen Entbindungsmethode bei der Beckenendlage