External Version for Breech Presentations
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Tocolysis in term breech external cephalic version.
OBJECTIVES To study the effect of ritodrine tocolysis on the success of external cephalic version (ECV) and to assess the role of ECV in breech presentation at our centre. MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective randomized double-blind-controlled trial comparing ritodrine and placebo in ECV of singleton term breech pregnancy at a tertiary hospital. RESULTS Among the 60 patients who were recruite...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1937
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.3978.706