Breech Presentation at Term; Fetal Outcome in Planned Cesarean Section versus Planned Vaginal Birth

INTRODUCTION The breech presentation occurs when fetal buttocks or 1 lower extremities present into maternal pelvis . Infants born after breech presentation have increased perinatal mor tality and high risk of neonatal 2 complications . The management of breech presentation in term pregnancy is highly controversial. It varies among different institutions or even clinicians 3 in same institution . Prematurity is the commonest cause of breech presentation, The incidence of breech is 6% at term. Breech presentation is associated with high incidence of operative delivery, either due to the cause which leads to the breech presentation, fetal 4 distress or fear of stucking the aftercoming head . Perinatal mortality and morbidity depends upon the mode of delivery. There is an in ongoing controversy while making the decision about their mode of delivery, either to go for trial of labour or plan elective cesarean section. Keeping the objective of better fetal outcome under consideration, this study has been conducted so as to make better choice.