Abstract
The object of external cephalic version (ECV) is to reduce the rate of cesarean sections, especially since the Term Breech Trial and the dramatic reduction in vaginal breech delivery rates. Up to date most of the studies have involved data regarding the chance to succeed in a trial of ECV, and have searched for parameters that may influence this goal. In our center, following a failed ECV, women are told to wait for spontaneous onset of labor, in hope that spontaneous version may occur. Many parturients return with breech presentation in labor and undergo an emergent cesarean section, a procedure involving a significantly higher complication rate compared to an elective cesarean section.
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