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Chapter 9 - Breech Delivery

from Section 3 - Intrapartum Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2021

By
Enaya Mirza  and
Edwin Chandraharan
Edited by
Edwin Chandraharan  and
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Edwin Chandraharan
Affiliation:
St George's University of London
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Affiliation:
St George's University of London
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Predisposing Factors

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Obstetric and Intrapartum Emergencies
A Practical Guide to Management
 , pp. 56 - 65
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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References

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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Management of Breech Presentation. Green top guidelines No. 20b. London: RCOG; 2017.
Winter, C, Crofts, J, Laxton, C, Barnfield, S, Draycott, T. PROMPT Course Manual, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2012, 179–91.
Bin, YS, Ford, JB, Nicholl, M, Roberts, C. Long-term childhood outcomes of breech presentation by intended mode of delivery: a population record linkage study. Acta Obstet Gynecol. 2017;96(3):342–51.
Edmonds, K. Dewhurst’s Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 8th ed. Chichester: Blackwell Science; 2012.
Paterson-Brown, S, Howell, C. Managing Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma, 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2016, 405–13.
Barrett, JF, Hannah, ME, Hutton, EK, Willan, AR, Allen, AC, Armson, BA, et al. Twin Birth Study Collaborative Group. A randomized trial of planned cesarean or vaginal delivery for twin pregnancy. N Engl J Med. 2013;369:1295–305.
Rzyska, E, Ajay, B, Chandraharan, E. Safety of vaginal delivery among dichorionic diamniotic twins over 10 years in a UK teaching hospital. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2017;136(1):98–101.

Further Reading

Azria, E, Le Meaux, JP, Khoshnood, B. Factors associated with adverse perinatal outcomes for term breech fetuses with planned vaginal delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;207(4):285.e1-9.
Goffinet, F, Carayol, M, Foidart, JM, Alexander, S, Uzan, S, Subtil, D, et al. Is planned vaginal delivery for breech presentation at term still an option? Results of an observational prospective survey in France and Belgium. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006;194(4):1002–11.
Fruscalzo, A, Londero, AP, Salvador, S, Bertozzi, S, Biasioli, A, Della Martina, M, et al. New and old predictive factors for breech presentation: our experience in 14 433 singleton pregnancies and a literature review. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2014;27(2):167–72.
Londero, AP, Salvador, S, Fruscalzo, A, et al. First trimester PAPP-A MoM values predictive for breech presentation at term of pregnancy. Gynaecol Endocrinol. 2013;29(5):503–7.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Caesarean Section Consent Advice No.7. London: RCOG; 2009.
Vistad, I, Klungsoyr, K, Albrechtsen, S, Skieldestad, F. Neonatal outcome of singleton breech deliveries in Norway from 1991 to 2011. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2015;94(9):997–1004.

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