title: The term breech trial ten years on: primum non nocere?
abstract: In 2000, the Term Breech Trial was published, and its authors recommended cesarean section as the safest mode of delivery for breech-presenting babies. Criticisms of the trial were raised at the time, which the authors dismissed. Since then, maternal deaths have been recorded among women undergoing cesarean sections for breech presentations. Accordingly, those initial criticisms deserve to be revisited.
authors.affiliation: Gerald W. Lawson is a former Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Gerald W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Lawson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001946:Breech Presentation / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D054238:Perinatal Mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy