BJOG. 2007 May;114(5):636-8. Epub 2007 Mar 12.

The complications of external cephalic version: results from 805 consecutive attempts.

Collins S, Ellaway P, Harrington D, Pandit M, Impey LW.

Source

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.

Abstract

Most breech babies at term are now delivered by caesarean section. Although external cephalic version reduces the number of term breech presentations, its uptake has not been as wide as is recommended by professional bodies. This may be because of fears over safety. Pooled safety data do exist, largely from case series. However, the possibility of reporting and publication biases in such studies maybe preventing both women and obstetricians from being adequately reassured. In this series of 805 consecutive version attempts, we report an extremely low complication rate and 0.5% risk of emergency caesarean section after the procedure.

PMID:: 17355270; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Publication Types, MeSH Terms

Publication Types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH Terms

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Medical

Supplemental Content

Related citations

Levels of cord blood thyroid stimulating hormone after external cephalic version. [BJOG. 2001]
Levels of cord blood thyroid stimulating hormone after external cephalic version.
Cha LYS, Lau TK, Chiu PY, Wing-KinWong G, Leung TN. BJOG. 2001 Oct; 108(10):1076-80.
[External cephalic version in cases of breech presentation: renaissance of a well-known procedure?]. [Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Runds...]
[External cephalic version in cases of breech presentation: renaissance of a well-known procedure?].
Schmidt M, Callies R, Kuhn U, Willruth A, Kimmig R. Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch. 2009; 49(1):29-34.
[External cephalic version of breech presentation]. [Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1993]
[External cephalic version of breech presentation].
Sande HA. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1993 Oct 20; 113(25):3153-4.
Review External cephalic version for breech presentation before term. [Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000]
Review External cephalic version for breech presentation before term.
Hofmeyr GJ. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000; (2):CD000084.
Review External cephalic version for breech presentation at term. [Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000]
Review External cephalic version for breech presentation at term.
Hofmeyr GJ, Kulier R. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000; (2):CD000083.

See reviews... See all...

Cited by 2 PubMed Central articles

The Early External Cephalic Version (ECV) 2 Trial: an international multicentre randomised controlled trial of timing of ECV for breech pregnancies. [BJOG. 2011]
The Early External Cephalic Version (ECV) 2 Trial: an international multicentre randomised controlled trial of timing of ECV for breech pregnancies.
Hutton EK, Hannah ME, Ross SJ, Delisle MF, Carson GD, Windrim R, Ohlsson A, Willan AR, Gafni A, Sylvestre G, et al. BJOG. 2011 Apr; 118(5):564-77. Epub 2011 Feb 4.
Cost-effectiveness of external cephalic version for term breech presentation. [BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2010]
Cost-effectiveness of external cephalic version for term breech presentation.
Tan JM, Macario A, Carvalho B, Druzin ML, El-Sayed YY. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2010 Jan 21; 10:3. Epub 2010 Jan 21.

Related information

Related Citations
Calculated set of PubMed citations closely related to the selected article(s) retrieved using a word weight algorithm. Related articles are displayed in ranked order from most to least relevant, with the “linked from” citation displayed first.
Cited in PMC
Full-text articles in the PubMed Central Database that cite the current articles.

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

The complications of external cephalic version: results from 805 consecutive att...
The complications of external cephalic version: results from 805 consecutive attempts.
BJOG. 2007 May ;114(5):636-8. Epub 2007 Mar 12 .

PubMed
Molecular determinants of ligand binding modes in the histamine H(4) receptor: l...
Molecular determinants of ligand binding modes in the histamine H(4) receptor: linking ligand-based three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) models to in silico guided receptor mutagenesis studies.
J Med Chem. 2011 Dec 8 ;54(23):8136-47. Epub 2011 Nov 7 .

PubMed
The importance of ARG513 as a hydrogen bond anchor to discover COX-2 inhibitors ...
The importance of ARG513 as a hydrogen bond anchor to discover COX-2 inhibitors in a virtual screening campaign.
Bioinformation. 2011 May 7 ;6(4):164-6.

PubMed
Endogenous retroviral LTRs as promoters for human genes: a critical assessment.
Endogenous retroviral LTRs as promoters for human genes: a critical assessment.
Gene. 2009 Dec 15 ;448(2):105-14. Epub 2009 Jul 3 .

PubMed
The effect of high glucose on SERT, the human plasmalemmal serotonin transporter...
The effect of high glucose on SERT, the human plasmalemmal serotonin transporter.
Nutr Neurosci. 2008 Dec ;11(6):244-50.

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Display Settings:

Send to: