Background: Breech presentation in baboons may be associated with head entrapment and stillbirth during vaginal delivery. For this reason, pregnant dams at our institution typically undergo cesarean delivery for known breech presentation, leading to problems with maternal-infant bonding and increased nursery utilization.
Methods: This paper describes a simple, non-invasive technique called external cephalic version (ECV) that effectively converts the baboon breech fetus into a cephalic presentation.
Results: ECV was successful in each of seven attempted cases, with the consistent development of contractions and vaginal bleeding leading to the delivery of a healthy liveborn infant within 72 hours.
Conclusions: ECV may offer a safe and effective alternative to cesarean section for delivery of the breech baboon fetus.
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Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate the frequency of non-cephalic presentations seen in routine 36-week ultrasound scans, the effectiveness of external cephalic version (ECV), and cases of spontaneous rotation from non-cephalic to cephalic positions.
- A retrospective analysis was conducted on data from over 107,000 women with singleton pregnancies to explore the influence of various maternal and pregnancy factors on non-cephalic presentations and ECV success.
- Results showed that 5.8% of pregnancies had a non-cephalic presentation at the scan, with a small continuous rate of spontaneous rotation, and ECV was attempted in about 25.5% of these non-cephalic cases.
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