Planned vaginal delivery of term breech remains an option - Result of eight years experience at a single centre

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-266

  Thwaini Al Inizi, S A ^a,c   Khayata, G ^a   Ezimokhai, M ^b   Al Safi, W ^a  

^a TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BIRTH INJURY; DELIVERY; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH;

BIRTH INJURIES; BREECH PRESENTATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 26944463510     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500060834     Document Type: Article

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