Delivery of the low birthweight and the very low birthweight breech: cesarean section or vaginal delivery?

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 145-149

  Suidan, Joseph S ^a   Sayegh, Raja A ^a  

^a American University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Breech presentation; infant; low birghweight breech; low birthweight; premature breech; siege de tres petit poids de naissance

Indexed keywords

BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FETUS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

APGAR SCORE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0024319565     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpme.1989.17.2.145     Document Type: Article

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