Abnormal presentations: breech presentation and transverse lie Versions. Extractions

Abnormal presentations: breech presentation and transverse lieVersions. Extractions Breech PresentationBreech presentation, the most common obstetric malpresentation, complicates approximately 4% of deliveries.

Breech presentation is a polar alignment of the fetus in which the fetal buttocks present at the maternal pelvic inlet. IncidenceThe incidence of breech presentation is closely associated with birth weight. Breech presentation accounts for 4% of births overall but occurs in 15% of deliveries of lowbirth-weight (