OBJECTIVE To evaluate the maternal and neonatal complications in terms of genital tract trauma to mother, perinatal mortality, Apgar score at 5 minutes and neonatal trauma in all singleton term breech cases delivered vaginally. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bolan Medical Complex Hospital, Quetta, from May 2005 to March 2006. ...

PURPOSE This study aimed to determine the incidence of acetabular dysplasia at six months of age in patients with breech presentation and previously normal hip ultrasounds, reporting primary radiographic measurements to allow for comparison with other patient cohorts. METHODS A retrospective analysis of breech infants with initially normal clinical examinations and hip ultrasounds was perform...

OBJECTIVE A study was carried out to ascertain maternal and perinatal outcome of cases presented as breech versus their mode of delivery so that appropriate management strategy could be mapped out without compromising fetomaternal wellbeing. METHODS The study was carried out in one of the units of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, affiliated with Fatima J...

Study sample Power calculations were not used to determine the sample size. The study sample consisted of 68 patients (out of 73) with breech presentation and a mean (SD) age of 28.6 (3.8) years who agreed to a second attempt at external cephalic version under epidural anaesthesia. (Initially 169 patients out of 171 (3.1% of 5453 births) with breech presentation agreed to undergo an attempt at ...

AIMS To identify perinatal risk factors for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) and define the risk for each factor. METHODS In this case control study, using logistic regression analysis, all 1127 cases of isolated DDH live born in South Australia in 1986-93 and notified to the South Australian Birth Defects Register were included; controls comprised 150130 live births in South Australi...

BACKGROUND For 3-4% of pregnancies, the fetus will be in the breech presentation at term. For most of these women, the approach to delivery is controversial. We did a randomised trial to compare a policy of planned caesarean section with a policy of planned vaginal birth for selected breech-presentation pregnancies. METHODS At 121 centres in 26 countries, 2088 women with a singleton fetus in ...