Trends in the management of the breech presentation at term; experience in a district general hospital over a 10-year period

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1116-1122

  Lashen, Hany ^a,c   Fear, Kenneth ^b   Sturdee, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Jessop Wing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breech; Caesarean section

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036904920     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.811204.x     Document Type: Article

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