Breech presentation occurs when a baby is positioned to be born bottom-first instead of head-first, which is the typical position for delivery. This situation arises in about 3% of pregnancies at ...

Mode of planned delivery was recorded prospectively in the medical charts. Women with breech presentation were selected to vaginal delivery according to Norwegian guidelines (see below).

Fifteen percent (83/568) of the women had an undiagnosed breech presentation at birth, and of these 51 women (61%) delivered vaginally. Of those with vaginal delivery, an episiotomy was applied in ...

It was found that hospitals with higher cesarean delivery rates for breech presentations tended to have better ECV success rates. This correlation suggests that institutional policies and ...

Around 3 per cent of all deliveries are breech deliveries, which means that the baby is positioned either buttocks down with legs near the head (frank breech) with legs crossed and near the ...

Non-cephalic presentations are observed in 3% of pregnancies at term. Affected pregnant women may be presented with the ...