Comparison of vaginal and cesarean section delivery for fetuses in breech presentation

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 339-351

  Ismail, Mahmoud A ^a   Nagib, Nabeel ^a   Ismail, Tammie ^a   Cibils, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breech delivery; C section; Perinatal mortality; VLBW

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0032719679     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.1999.047     Document Type: Article

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