Table 9 Rate of successful vaginal birth and low Apgar scores compared to hospital studies of pVBB
From: Breech birth at home: outcomes of 60 breech and 109 cephalic planned home and birth center births
Source | Country, dates | Type of study | # of pVBB | Vaginal birth rate | 5-min Apgar < 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breech group | USA, 2010–2017 | single center retro. | 50 | 84.0% | 7.5%a |
TBT 2000 | International, 1997–2000 | multi center RCT | 1042 | 56.7% | 3.0% |
PREMODA 2006 | France & Belgium, 2001–2002 | multi center pros. | 2526 | 71.0% | 1.48% |
Vlemmix 2014 | Netherlands, 1999–2007 | registry retro. | 27,817 | 58.7% | 2.2% |
Vistad 2015 | Norway, 1991–2011 | registry retro. | 17,500 | 64.0% | 2.4% |
Burgos 2015 | Spain, 2003–2012 | single center retro. | 891 | 57.5% | 2.2% |
Louwen 2017 | Germany, 2004–2011 | single center retro. | 433 | 62.1% | 2.5% |