Outcome of 496 term singleton breech deliveries in a tertiary center

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 96-101

  Daniel, Yair ^a   Fait, Gideon ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Jaffa, Ariel ^a   David, Menachem P ^a   Kupferminc, Michael J ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Maternal outcome; Nulliparous; Perinatal outcome; Trial of labor; Vaginal breech delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH EXTRACTION; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; LABOR COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TRIAL OF LABOR;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TRIAL OF LABOR;

EID: 0031988830     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993906     Document Type: Article

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