title: Breech presentation and the cornual-fundal location of the placenta.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the association of cornual-fundal location of the placenta and breech presentation at term delivery.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Novi Sad, in 2011. The inclusion criteria were delivery at ≥37 weeks of gestation, singleton gestation, and cornual-fundal location of the placenta determined by ultrasonography at ≥37 weeks of gestation when 3/4 or more of the placenta was in the cornual-fundal region.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 2750 ultrasound examinations performed, 143 showed cornual-fundal location of the placenta (frequency 5.2%). Eighty six cases had cephalic presentation (60.14%) and 57 (39.86%) had breech presentation. Of the remaining cases with non- cornual-fundal location, 2585 had cephalic presentation and 22 (0.84%) had breech presentation. The difference in the frequency of breech presentation between the cornual-fundal and non-cornual-fundal groups was significant (χ(2)=77.78, P<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cornual-fundal location of the placenta may be an important clue in resolving the etiology of a number of cases of breech presentation at term delivery.
authors: Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Hajduk Veljkova 1-7, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia. turija@EUnet.rs
authors: Slobodan
authors: S
authors: Sekulić
authors: Marko
authors: M
authors: Ilinčić
authors: Gordana
authors: G
authors: Radeka
authors: Aleksandra
authors: A
authors: Novakov-Mikić
authors: Svetlana
authors: S
authors: Simić
authors: Jelena
authors: J
authors: Podgorac
authors: Goran
authors: G
authors: Keković
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D001946:Breech Presentation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010920:Placenta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
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