Breech vaginal delivery at or near term

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-45

  Tunde Byass, Modupe O ^a   Hannah, Mary E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS WEIGHT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL AGE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0037298119     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sper.2003.50003     Document Type: Review

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