Caesarean for breech: a paradigm shift?
The year 2001 became 'the year of Caesarean for the breech' after the results of the Term Breech Trial were published in October 2000. The purpose of the current paper is a retrospective observational study identifying the increase in Caesarean section rates that occurred in Fairfield Hospital after the Term Breech Trial. Fairfield Hospital is a level 2 hospital in the south-western Sydney health area with 1800 deliveries per year.
Kaushik
Vasundhara
V
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fairfield Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. kukki_kaushik@hotmail.com
Gudgeon
Clive
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D001946:Breech Presentation; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D010298:Parity; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies