title: Acupuncture conversion of fetal breech presentation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess the value of acupuncture (AP) in the conversion of fetal breech presentation into vertex presentation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized prospective controlled clinical study included 67 pregnant women with fetal breech presentation: 34 women with singleton pregnancies treated with manual AP (urinary bladder 67, Zhiyin) and a control group which included 33 women with singleton pregnancies without AP treatment. The AP treatment lasted 30 min a day, and was conducted during and after 34 weeks of pregnancy with simultaneous cardiotocography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The success rate of the AP correction of fetal breech presentation is 76.4% (26 women), and spontaneous conversion without AP in vertex presentation is observed in 15 women (45.4%; p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that AP correction of fetal malpresentation is a relatively simple, efficacious and inexpensive method associated with a lower percentage of operatively completed deliveries, which definitely reflects in improved parameters of vital and perinatal statistics.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Hospital Osijek, Osijek, Croatia. dubravko.habek@bj.hinet.hr
authors.forename: Dubravko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Habek
authors.forename: Jasna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cerkez Habek
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jagust
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001946:Breech Presentation; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies