Open AccessBREECH PRESENTATION
Author(s) -
Shahid Irshad Rao,
Shazia Siddiq,
RABIA REHMAN
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2012.19.04.2278
Subject(s) - medicine , breech presentation , caesarean section , presentation (obstetrics) , placenta previa , obstetrics , pregnancy , pediatrics , placenta , fetus , genetics , biology
Objective: To determine the frequency of breech presentation at term. Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Department ofObstetrics and Gynaecoogy, Unit-III, Nishtar Hospital, Multan. Period: June 2010 to May 2011 Material and methods: This study was carriedout in women with the age group 0-40 years. Breech presentation at term (37-41 completed weeks). Results: The frequency of breechpresentation at term was found to be 6.2%. 91% (215) of the patients were delivered by caesarean section and 9% (20) were delivered vaginally.Placenta previa and multiple pregnancy 8.51% each, congenital anomalies 4.25% and in 16.17% of the patients, no obvious cause was found.Conclusion: It is concluded from the study that the frequency of the breech presentation at term increased.