Breech Delivery
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Breech Delivery Underlying Cause
Causes of breech delivery may include:
Abnormal uterus
Down's syndrome
Low infant birth weight
Mothers who have given birth multiple times
Twin
pregnancy
Pelvic tumors
Placenta previa
Premature baby
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Breech Delivery Types
Related Topics:
Pregnancy complications serious breech delivery
Pregnancy physiology step 9 labor and delivery
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Last Updated: Apr 4, 2008
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Breech Delivery References:
Doyle NM, Riggs JW, Ramin SM, Sosa MA, Gilstrap LC. Outcomes of term vaginal breech delivery. Am J Perinatol. 2005 Aug;22(6):325-8.
Ghosh MK. Breech presentation: evolution of management. J Reprod Med. 2005 Feb;50(2):108-16.
Hofmeyr GJ. Interventions to help external cephalic version for breech presentation at term. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(1):CD000184.
