Lessons to be learnt in managing the breech presentation at term: An 11-year single-centre retrospective study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 333-339

  Borbolla Foster, Ailsa ^a   Bagust, Annalise ^b   Bisits, Andrew ^b,c   Holland, Matthew ^a   Welsh, Alec ^b,c  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

breech; caesarean section; fetal presentation; obstetric delivery; term

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; FEMALE; GENITAL INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR ONSET; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; APGAR SCORE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH INJURIES; DELIVERY; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TERM BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH INJURIES; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; VERSION, FETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905986693     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12208     Document Type: Article

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