Cesarean delivery of the breech very-low-birth-weight infant: Does it make a difference?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-31

  Jain, Lucky ^a,b   Ferre, Cynthia ^a   Vidyasagar, Dharmapuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breech; Cesarean section; VLBW

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031935223     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059809022649     Document Type: Article

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