The significance of external cephalic version after 36 weeks of gestation

Authors

HRUBAN Lukáš JANKŮ Petr DOUBEK Radan WEINBERGER Vít KACHLÍK Petr

Year of publication 2009
Type Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Description The effectiveness of external cephalic version from breech to head presentation was 37,4%. The number of serious complications did not exceed 1%. External cephalic version-related emergency cesarean deliveries occurred in 2 cases (placental abruption, abnormal cardiotocography). The main factors influencing accomplishment of external cephalic version are gestational age, amniotic fluid volume and estimated fetal weight

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