1. Breech presentation: a retrospective analysis of 12-years' experience at a single center.
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Mailàth-Pokorny M, Preyer O, Dadak C, Lischka A, Mittlböck M, Wagenbichler P, and Laml T
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- Adolescent, Adult, Austria epidemiology, Female, Humans, Incidence, Infant, Newborn, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Young Adult, Breech Presentation mortality, Delivery, Obstetric mortality, Infant Mortality trends, Infant, Newborn, Diseases mortality
- Abstract
Objective: To investigate neonatal outcome after breech presentation in term pregnancies., Study Design: Data from 1345 term breech deliveries over a 12-year study period were retrospectively reviewed. Neonatal morbidity and mortality were compared by route of delivery., Results: We investigated 1345 term breech deliveries. A total of 1041 patients (77.4%) attempted a vaginal delivery; of these, 808 (60.1%) were delivered vaginally and 233 patients (17.3%) who failed at vaginal birth underwent cesarean section. The other 304 women (22.6%) were delivered by a planned cesarean section. No statistical differences were found in the incidence of low 5-minute Apgar scores and arterial cord blood pH values
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- 2009
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