The influence of the fetal leg position on the outcome in vaginally intended deliveries out of breech presentation at term - A FRABAT prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Vaginal delivery out of a breech presentation in pregnancies at term are being re-implemented into clinical practice. Still, recommendations regarding exclusion criteria leading to caesarean sections are based on expert opinions, not on evidence-based guidelines. The difference in perinatal outcome and course of delivery in births with babies in frank breech position and babies in incomplete or complete breech presentation never has been investigated in a large patient cohort.

Objective

To compare perinatal outcome of vaginally intended breech deliveries between births out of frank breech position and incomplete/complete breech presentation.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Sample

884 women at term with a singleton in frank breech presentation (FB)

SUBMITTER: Jennewein L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6886779 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature