Vaginal breech deliveries selected using computed tomographic pelvimetry may be associated with fewer adverse outcomes

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 381-385

  Jeyabalan, Arundhathi ^a,c   Larkin, Robert W ^a   Landers, Daniel V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pelvimetry; Vaginal breech delivery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PELVIMETRY; PERINATAL DEATH; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BREECH PRESENTATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OXYTOCIN; PARITY; PELVIMETRY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 22244476118     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500124051     Document Type: Article

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