A multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing elective and selective caesarean section for the delivery of the preterm breech infant

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 684-689

  Penn, Zoe J ^a   Steer, Philip J ^a   Grant, Adrian ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0029957348     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09838.x     Document Type: Article

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