Open AccessAnterior placental location predisposes for occiput posterior presentation near term
Author(s) -
Gardberg Mikael,
Tuppurainen Marketta
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349409013418
Subject(s) - occiput , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , singleton , fetus , position (finance) , pregnancy , anatomy , surgery , biology , genetics , finance , economics
325 sonographies were performed in singleton pregnancies past 36 weeks with the fetus in a vertex position in order to examine a possible association between placental localization and occiput posterior presentation (OP). OP was found in 11.6% of all cases. The distribution of the placental locations in the OP group differed significantly from the occiput anterior (OA) group. Also, an anterior placental location was seen significantly more often in the OP group.