Mode of delivery and outcome of 699 term singleton breech deliveries at a single center

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1694-1698

  Giuliani, Albrecht ^a   Schöll, Wolfgang M J ^a   Basver, Asli ^a   Tamussino, Karl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breech presentation; Injury; Neonatal morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0036910446     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.127902     Document Type: Article

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