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NEONATAL MORTALITY OF BREECH DELIVERIES WITH AND WITHOUT FORCEPS TO THE AFTERCOMING HEAD
Author(s) -
Milner R. D. G.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00573.x
Subject(s) - forceps , medicine , obstetrics , breech delivery , birth weight , perinatal mortality , retrospective cohort study , breech presentation , pregnancy , surgery , fetus , biology , genetics
Summary A retrospective study of 1423 liveborn breech deliveries occurring in one hospital from 1964 to 1973 inclusive showed that application of forceps to the aftercoming head of infants between 1 and 3 kg birth weight was associated with a significant reduction in neonatal mortality.