The problem of relating fetal outcome with breech presentation to mode of delivery

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 119-123

  Koike, T ^a   Minakami, H ^a   Sasaki, M ^a   Sayama, M ^a   Tamada, T ^a   Sato, I ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breech delivery; Cerebral palsy; Cesarean section; Cord prolapse; Fetal outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; BREECH PRESENTATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL DEATH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BREECH PRESENTATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0030015192     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040050112     Document Type: Article

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