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Table 1 Exclusion from the cohort based for relative or absolute contraindications to external cephalic version

From: Maternal outcomes of term breech presentation delivery: impact of successful external cephalic version in a nationwide sample of delivery admissions in the United States

Exclusion criteria

Number of women excluded = 718, 998*

Spontaneous preterm labor

388, 863

Prior cesarean delivery

287, 728

Multiple gestations

141, 758

Oligohydramnios

120, 962

Placenta previa

23,207

Uterine anomaly

17, 248

Age <16 years

7457

Potential placenta accreta

1542

Human immunodeficiency virus

551

  1. *These reasons are not mutually exclusive and any woman could be excluded for more than one relative contraindication