ALLMedicine™ Breech Delivery Center

Jan 20th, 2022 - Overview Breech presentation is defined as a fetus in a longitudinal lie with the buttocks or feet closest to the cervix. This occurs in 3-4% of all deliveries. The percentage of breech deliveries decreases with advancing gestational age from 22-2...

Jan 10th, 2022 - Femoral fracture is a rare but significant foetal injury, more frequent and likely to happen when the foetus is malpositioned or in a breech presentation. Cesarian section does not appear to be protective and all recent publications report cases o...

Jan 3rd, 2022 - Simulation now has an important role in theoretical and practical aspects of medical education and training. We performed an epidemiological, observational, multicenter study based on nationwide data collection. French obstetrics and gynecologic r...

Dec 16th, 2021 - The "en caul" technique, i.e. delivery with intact membranes, may reduce the risk of obstetric trauma in vaginal breech delivery of extreme preterm infants. We aimed at comparing perinatal mortality and morbidity among extremely preterm breech vag...

Nov 5th, 2021 - To stimulate obstetric centers to start training in breech counseling and selection and performing vaginal breech deliveries. The different steps that were needed to roll out a breech program, are described: the "walking" epidural (PIEB protocol),...

Apr 26th, 2020 - In the United States, there is a widespread belief that the overall cesarean birth rate is higher than necessary. Efforts are being directed toward decreasing the number of these procedures, in part by encouraging physicians to make changes in the...

Jul 26th, 2018 - There is a trend in the United States to perform cesarean delivery for term singleton fetuses in a breech presentation. The number of practitioners with the skills and experience to perform vaginal breech delivery has decreased. The decision regar...

Aug 4th, 2009 - To review the physiology of breech birth; to discern the risks and benefits of a trial of labour versus planned Caesarean section; and to recommend to obstetricians, family physicians, midwives, obstetrical nurses, anaesthesiologists, pediatrician...

Jun 14th, 2017 - Breech presentation occurs in approximately 3-4% of all births and all women with breech presentation at term undergo cesarean delivery. The only way to avoid a cesarean is to manually turn the baby prior to the date of delivery, a procedure known...

Jun 13th, 2013 - At term 2 to 3% of singleton pregnancies are in breech presentation. Many of these deliveries are managed by cesarean delivery due to higher neonatal morbidity associated with vaginal breech delivery. Cesarean delivery, the safer option for the ba...

Dec 2nd, 2015 - An analysis of data from World Health Organization (WHO) member states suggests that national cesarean delivery rates of approximately 19 per 100 live births are associated with lower maternal or neonatal mortality. This number stands in contrast ...

Dec 2nd, 2015 - An analysis of data from World Health Organization (WHO) member states suggests that national cesarean delivery rates of approximately 19 per 100 live births are associated with lower maternal or neonatal mortality. This number stands in contrast ...

Apr 17th, 2015 - In cases of breech presentation, planned cesarean delivery is associated with fewer adverse outcomes than vaginal delivery or cesarean delivery during labor, according to a study of 52,671 breech births. Moreover, a new review of several studies, ...

Aug 12th, 2014 - The Netherlands analysis excluded women with preterm delivery, stillbirth, multiple gestation, transverse position, and breech delivery, as well as women whose deliveries involved both forceps and vacuum and women who had a midline episiotomy. Fac.

Apr 18th, 2013 - The additional expense of providing neuraxial anesthesia during the performance of external cephalic version (ECV) in breech fetal presentation may result in an overall cost savings because of the higher success rate for ECV under anesthesia and t...