Breech delivery: a critical evaluation of the mode of delivery and outcome of labor.
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 for vaginal delivery actually did so. Events in labor and fetal outcome 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.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, U.K.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D001827:Body Height; D001946:Breech Presentation; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D010387:Pelvimetry; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies