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UNDERSTAND TYPES OF BREECH PRESENTATIONS
UNDERSTAND DELIVERY OPTIONS , RISKS & BENEFITS
DELIVERY TECHNIQUES
EXTERNAL VERSION
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
BREECH PRESENTATION ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR ___% OF SINGLETON DELIVERIES
3-4
Babies are born 2 ways; breech or _____
vertex
ETIOLOGY of breech INCLUDES HYD-_____, MULTIPLE FETUS, RELAXED UTERUS, PLACENTAL & UTERINE ABNORMALITIES , FETAL MALFORMATIONS
HYDRAMNIOS
COMPLICATIONS COMMONLY FOUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH PERSISTANT BREECH PRESENTAION;
1. morbidity and mortality
2. low birthweight, growth restriction
3. prolapsed cord
4. placenta previa
5. fetal, neonatal, and infant anomalies
6. uterine anomalies and tumors
TYPES OF BREECH PRESENTATIONS
COMPLETE-
FRANK BREECH-
FOOTLING BREECH-
Describe COMPLETE breech
1 OR BOTH KNEES FLEXED
Describe FRANK BREECH-
HIPS FLEXED & KNEES EXTENDED
Describe FOOTLING BREECH-
1 OR BOTH FEET PRESENTING

(most distressing)
How do you make the DIAGNOSIS of breech? –
ABDOMINAL EXAM CAN PROVIDE DX
LOCATION OF FETAL HEART TONES ABOVE THE UMBILICUS

ULTRASOUND USED IF DX UNCERTAIN
BOTH MOTHER & FETUS AT GREATER RISK WITH BREECH PRESENTATION COMPARED TO _____
CEPHALIC
MATERNAL MORBIDITY & MORTALITY RELATED TO HIGHER INCIDENCE OF ________
OPERATIVE DELIVERY
MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO PERINATAL LOSS ARE ; PRETERM DELIVERY,CONGENITAL ANOMALIES & _________
BIRTH TRAUMA
LIBERAL USE OF _______ HAS HELPED REDUCE MORTALITY, AVOIDING LABOR AUGMENTATION & HAVING EXPERIENCED OB AT BIRTH WILL ALSO HELP
C-SECTION
DELIVERY OF THE BREECH BRINGS THE UMBILICUS AND CORD INTO THE PELVIS WHICH does what to the cord?
COMPRESSES THE CORD
Why is there more rik with breech PRETERM FETUS ?
DISPARITY BETWEEN HEAD & BUTOCK IS EVEN GREATER
TO AID IN DELIVERY OF HEAD INCISCIONS ARE SOMETIMES MADE IN THE _______ TO RELEASE THE HEAD
CERVIX
FREQUENCY OF CORD PROLAPSE IS ALSO INCREASED WHEN FETUS IS SMALL , HIGHEST WITH ______ BREECH
FOOTLING
BECAUSE THERE IS NO TIME FOR ______________, A PELVIS THAT WAS OK FOR VERTEX PRESENTATION CAN CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR A BREECH
MOLDING OF THE FETAL HEAD
HYPER-________ OF FETAL HEAD WITH VAGINAL BREECH MAY CAUSE SEVERE SPINAL CORD DAMAGE & SHOULD BE C/S
HYPEREXTENSION
LABOR INDUCTION & AUGMENTATION FOR BREECH – MATTER OF CONSIDERABLE CONTROVERSY. Do it?
no
THE AFTERCOMING HEAD CAN EASILY BECOME ENTRAPPED BY AN INCOMPLETELY DILATED ____
CERVIX
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB/GYN RECC. ________PERSISTANT BREECH PRESENTATION EXCEPT WHEN BIRTH IS IMMINENT
PLANNED C-SECTON FOR
3 METHODS OF VAGINAL DELIVERY
SPONTANEOUS
PARTIAL BREECH EXTRACTION-
TOTAL BREECH EXTRACTION-
Describe SPONTANEOUS –
NO TRACTION OR MANUEVERING BY OPERATOR
Describe PARTIAL BREECH EXTRACTION-
SPONT. DELIVERY TO UMBILICUS, REST DELIVERED BY OPERATOR
Describe TOTAL BREECH EXTRACTION
- ENTIRE BODY OF INFANT EXTRACTED BY OB

unfold legs one at a time
pull legs out
rotate baby around
use "piper"(?) forceps
COMPLICATIONS of breech delivery
ANOXIA DUE TO CORD COMPRESSION
BIRTH INJURY- 13 TIMES THAT OF CEPHALIC PRESENTATION
ENTRAPMENT OF HEAD BY PARTIAL CERVICAL DILATION
NUCHAL ARMS – ARMS BECOME ENTRAPED BEHIND THE NECK
FEW INJURIES IN SPONT. BREECH, 6% IN PARTIAL EXT., ___% IN TOTAL EXT.
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EXTERNAL CEPHALIC ______ MAY BE DONE AFTER 36 WKS., IF PROBLEMS OCCUR , DELIVERY CAN BE DONE IMMEDIALTELY
VERSION
EXTERNAL CEPHALIC VERSION
DONE WITH SONO GUIDANCE & WITH TOCOLYTICS
SUCCESS rate is what?
~60%