Fetal Malpresentation and Breech Delivery

doi:10.1017/9781108975780.023

Chapter 20 - Fetal Malpresentation and Breech Delivery

from Section 2 - Labor and Delivery

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023

Andrew Zakhari and

Amira El-Messidi

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Amira El-Messidi and

Alan D. Cameron

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Amira El-Messidi: Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Alan D. Cameron: Affiliation:
University of Glasgow

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Summary

You are covering an obstetrics clinic for your colleague who left for vacation. A 26-year-old G2P1 with a singleton pregnancy at 36+4 weeks’ gestation by first-trimester sonogram presents for a prenatal visit. First- and second-trimester fetal aneuploidy screening tests were low risk. Her primary care provider had arranged for serial obstetric sonograms in the second and third trimesters for decreased fundal height. Imaging today shows a new finding of breech presentation. The patient does not have any obstetric complaints. Your nurse mentions the patient requests an external cephalic version.

Keywords

Breech presentation, risk factors External cephalic version, success, technical procedure, risks, timing Informed consent Vaginal breech delivery, labor management, morbidity, contraindications Piper forceps Entrapment of the aftercoming head

Type: Chapter
Information: OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
An Evidence-Based Approach
, pp. 274 - 284

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108975780.023 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2023

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