Breech delivery: changing scenario

Breech delivery before and after the term breech trial.

OBJECTIVE To compare the outcome of breech delivery at term in women before and after the term breech trial (TBT) recommendation. METHODS A retrospective study carried out at Abha Maternity Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia comprising 796 women with breech presentation at term who delivered at our hospital between May 1997 and February 2005 divided into 2 groups. Group 1 consisted of 39...

Vaginal breech delivery: still a safe option.

BACKGROUND Elective caesarean section has replaced vaginal delivery for term breech foetuses due to fear of complications of vaginal breech delivery. This increasing rate of caesarean section worldwide is alarming. It has not only led to increase in adverse consequences in subsequent pregnancies and future fertility but also loss of skills for vaginal breech delivery. This study was conducted t...

Breech: vaginal delivery or caesarean section?

interesting contrast to the 44 consultants in gastroenterology (as distinct from general medicine) shown in the DHSS's tables for England and Wales, 1981. Other medical specialties, such as rheumatology and thoracic medicine, have begun to produce valuable information from similar surveys, and Houghton and Richings7 from the DHSS have themselves published a useful survey of a wide range of "med...

The changing nutrition scenario

The past seven decades have seen remarkable shifts in the nutritional scenario in India. Even up to the 1950s severe forms of malnutrition such as kwashiorkar and pellagra were endemic. As nutritionists were finding home-grown and common-sense solutions for these widespread problems, the population was burgeoning and food was scarce. The threat of widespread household food insecurity and chroni...

Management of Multiple Pregnancy and Breech Delivery