BACKGROUND To determine the factors associated with the risk of delivery-related perinatal and neonatal death among term infants presenting by the breech and the effect of changes in the mode of delivery on the overall rates of perinatal and neonatal mortality associated with breech presentation. METHODS We studied 32,776 singleton term infants presenting breech excluding anomalous and antepa...

304 breech presentation infants greater than or equal to 2.500 g were delivered at the University Women's Clinic, Kiel, between 1984 and 1987. Only 2 of the vaginally delivered infants died; both had severe malformations sonographically diagnosed prior to delivery. The umbilical cord arterial PH was found to be significantly (p less than 0.001) higher in infants delivered per Caesarean Section ...

BACKGROUND The authors performed a long term outcome analysis of minimal brain damage in children delivered in breech presentation, and related the results to the mode of delivery (vaginal or by cesarean section). MATERIAL/METHODS In the Department of Obstetrics at the Medical University of Gdansk (Poland), 917 breech deliveries took place between 1981 and 1990. Excluding stillbirths and mult...

OBJECTIVE To compare neonatal mortality and morbidity in term infants presenting by the breech and delivered vaginally or by caesarean section. DESIGN Population based comparison of outcomes. Data derived from the St Mary's maternity information system. SETTING North West Thames Regional Health Authority, 1988-90. SUBJECTS 3447 singleton fetuses presenting by the breech at term. MAIN OU...

Context Breech flystrike is a costly trait to measure. Industry investment into genetic solutions for breech has resulted in the availability of estimated breeding values indicator traits, such as wrinkle, cover and dag. However, selection based on traits rather than itself, gains could be enhanced through genomic approaches. Aim This study investigated whether approaches major genes, marker-as...

Animal welfare is increasingly being scrutinised in Australia and one issue receiving particular attention is mulesing, the removal of wrinkled folds of skin around a sheep’s breech area to prevent blowfly and maggot infestation. This procedure is commonly performed without any form of pain relief. In the past, it has been justified on the basis of being a preventative health measure against br...