Monday 11 August 2014

Higher Risk of Death from Vaginal Delivery Than C-Section in Breech Babies

Improved neonatal outcome is seen in rates of cesarean section delivery due to breech presentation, and 40% of term breech deliveries in the Netherlands are planned vaginal deliveries. A new Dutch study that is published today in emActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica/em, a journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology suggests that there is a 10-fold increase in fetal mortality in vaginal delivery for breech presentation compared to ...

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