L Sentilhes, T Schmitz, E Azria, D Gallot, G Ducarme, D Korb, A Mattuizzi, O Parant, N Sananès, S Baumann, P Rozenberg, M-V Senat, É Verspyck
OBJECTIVES: To determine the optimal management of singleton breech presentation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The PubMed database, the Cochrane Library and the recommendations from the French and foreign obstetrical societies or colleges have been consulted. RESULTS: In France, 5% of women have breech deliveries (Level of Evidence [LE3]). One third of them have a planned vaginal delivery (LE3) of whom 70% deliver vaginally (LE3). External cephalic version (ECV) is associated with a reduced rate of breech presentation at birth (LE2), and with a lower rate of cesarean section (LE3) without increases in severe maternal (LE3) and perinatal morbidity (LE3)...
January 2020: Gynecologie, Obstetrique, Fertilite & Senologie