title: Clinical hypnosis before external cephalic version.
abstract: Three to four percent of full-term singleton pregnancies present themselves as breech deliveries. External cephalic version (ECV) is a procedure to try to turn a breech fetus to cephalic by externally maneuvering the fetus through the maternal abdomen. This trial examines a clinical hypnosis intervention against standard medical care of women before ECV. A total of 78 women, who received a hypnosis intervention prior to ECV, had a 41.6% (n = 32) successful ECV, whereas the control group of 122, who had similar baseline characteristics, had a 27.3% (n = 33) successful ECV procedure (p < 0.05). This trial found that a relaxation technique with the help of clinical hypnosis was successful at increasing the likelihood of a successful ECV procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Joscha.Reinhard@kgu.de
authors.forename: Joscha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reinhard
authors.forename: Tomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: Anke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reitter
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: Wiebke
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Louwen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001946:Breech Presentation / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014710:Version, Fetal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*