Journal article
Planned caesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for breech presentation at term: a randomised multicentre trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: For 3-4% of pregnancies, the fetus will be in the breech presentation at term. For most of these women, the approach to delivery is controversial. We did a randomised trial to compare a policy of planned caesarean section with a policy of planned vaginal birth for selected breech-presentation pregnancies.
METHODS: At 121 centres in 26 countries, 2088 women with a singleton fetus in a frank or complete breech presentation were …
Authors
Hannah ME; Hannah WJ; Hewson SA; Hodnett ED; Saigal S; Willan AR; Collaborative TBT
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 356, No. 9239, pp. 1375–1383
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2000
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02840-3
ISSN
0140-6736