Breech Presentation as an Indicator of Fetal Abnormality

F, Braun; Jones, Kenneth Lyons; Smith, David W.

doi:10.1097/00006254-197509000-00003

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“…Unlike the finding of Dale and Stanley [21], the mode of delivery in our study did not appear to be associated with mental retardation. Dale and Stanley [21] did not evaluate the reason for breech delivery, which is known to occur in up to 50% of all cases with myelomeningocele, hydrocephalus and Prader-Willi syndrome and can cause mental retardation [22,23]. Unlike the observations of some investigators [15,24,25], our results suggest that a history of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy is not associated with eventual development of mental retardation in the newborn.…”

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Risk Factors of Mental Retardation in Children Attending an Educationally Subnormal/Mental School in Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Al-Dawood

Albar

1993

Ann Saudi Med

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Risk Factors of Mental Retardation in Children Attending an Educationally Subnormal/Mental School in Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Al-Dawood

Albar

1993

Ann Saudi Med

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“…Deaths are most often associated with malformations, prematurity, and intrauterine fetal demise. [3][4][5] The perinatal mortality in breech delivery is 4-10 time that of vertex delivery. 6 The perinatal mortality rate of breech babies delivered vaginally is three times more frequent than for babies in cephalic presentation, and is especially more common in very low birth weight infants, 4 not only because of prematurity related complications.…”

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Is breech still being delivered vaginally? A comparative study

Dars¹,

Malik²,

Bhurgri

2014

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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“…Higher rates of breech presentation have been described in fetuses affected with genetic disorders, such as chromosomal trisomies, anencephaly, and myotonic dystrophy [Braun et al, 1975]. Conditions that alter fetal muscular tone and mobility also increase the frequency of breech birth.…”

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Increase in fetal breech presentation in female carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

et al. 1997

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Female carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) may demonstrate elevated serum creatine kinase (CK) and reduction of muscle dystrophin in all muscle types. We hypothesized that decreased dystrophin in uterine or pelvic girdle musculature might affect the obstetrical performance of females heterozygous for a dystrophin mutation. We reviewed the outcome of 34 deliveries resulting in 35 children from 13 women who were mothers of males attending a muscular dystrophy clinic. Obstetrical performance was examined retrospectively by chart review and patient contact. Of 35 children, 6 (17%) were delivered in the breech position, which is a fivefold increase above the national standards for term pregnancies. Of the six infants with breech presentation, two were males affected with DMD, one was a female heterozygote, one was a male who died perinatally, and the carrier status of the other two females is unknown. Most DMD affected males (12/14) were delivered in the vertex position. Thus, it is likely that maternal, rather than fetal, muscle weakness was the significant factor in determination of fetal position at term. We speculate that subtle changes in uterine or pelvic girdle muscle tone may contribute to a higher rate of fetal breech position in carriers of the DMD gene.

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Breech Presentation as an Indicator of Fetal Abnormality

Cited by 23 publications

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Risk Factors of Mental Retardation in Children Attending an Educationally Subnormal/Mental School in Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Risk Factors of Mental Retardation in Children Attending an Educationally Subnormal/Mental School in Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Is breech still being delivered vaginally? A comparative study

Increase in fetal breech presentation in female carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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