Navigating Breech Deliveries

Show Notes

Frank Breech Presentation:

Complete Breech Presentation:

Incomplete Breech (“Footling”) Presentation:

Pinard Maneuver:

Mauriceau Maneuver:

References:

• Cunningham FG et al.  Breech Presentation and Delivery.  Williams Obstetrics, 22nd ed. 2005.
• Desai S, Henderson SO. Labor and Delivery and Their Complications. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, 8e. 2014. Chapter 181.
• Gabbe SG et al.  Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies, 2nd e. 1991. p.479.
• Stitely ML, Gherman RB. Labor with abnormal presentation and position. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2005; 32: 165.
• VanRooyen MJ, Scott J.  Emergency Delivery.  Tintanelli’s Emergency Medicine, 7th e.  2011.  Chapter 105.
• http://www.emdocs.net/the-complicated-delivery-what-do-you-do/#:~:text=Deliveries%20that%20occur%20in%20the,in%20denial%20of%20their%20pregnancies.
• https://ranzcog.edu.au/womens-health/patient-information-resources/breech-presentation-at-the-end-of-your-pregnancy
• https://wikem.org/wiki/Breech_delivery