Outcome of 1040 consecutive breech deliveries: Clinical experience of a maternity hospital in Turkey

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-118

  Erkaya, S ^a   Tuncer, R A ^a,b   Kutlar, Ï ^a   Onat, N ^a   Ercakmak S ^a  

^a Zubeyde Hanim Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breech presentation; Cesarean delivery; Perinatal morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYDROCEPHALUS; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MENINGOCELE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; VAGINA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030698308     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(97)00197-5     Document Type: Article

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