Friday, August 18, 2017

External Cephalic Version for breech presenting fetus does not hike the cesarean section rates.



Women who had a successful External Cephalic Version (ECV) are not at increased risk of cesarean section as compared to women who had Spontaneous Cephalic Version (SCV) says the results of a study published ahead of print on August 2, 2017 in Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada. 
  
This is first study conducted to compare the outcome between spontaneous and external version in breech presenting fetuses.

It is estimated that term fetal malpresentation occurs in about 3% of pregnancies—and is a common indication for cesarean. External Cephalic version is an important tool to reduce the rate of cesarean births in breech presentation.

This secondary analysis of Early External Cephalic Version Trial data identified 931 women who had breech presenting fetuses between 34-36 weeks of pregnancy, but cephalic presentation at term.
Out of these study subjects, 557 women have undergone successful ECV while in 374 women the fetus reverted spontaneously.

Obstetric outcomes between the two groups were comparable: 96 women in ECV arm had Cesarean section as compared to 76 in the SCV group. (adjusted OR [aOR] 0.89; 95% CI 0.63-1.26); 393 had vaginal delivery in ECV arm vs 268 in SCV arm. (aOR 0.92; 95% CI 0.68-1.24).

Women in the ECV had 45% increased odds of undergoing instrumental intervention as compared to women in SCV group. (aOR 1.55; 95% CI 0.96-2.50).

Multiparous women with ECV were half as likely to require a cesarean section as compared to women with spontaneous version or no version at all. ( aOR 0.45; 95% CI 0.26-0.80).

The authors concluded, “Women with a cephalic-presenting fetus at birth as a result of successful ECV are not at greater risk of obstetrical interventions at birth when compared with women with fetuses who spontaneously turn to a cephalic presentation in the third trimester.”

Media Courtesy: American Association of Family Physicians 

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