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Table 3 Comparison of baseline criteria of difficult fetal delivery regarding the technique

From: Maternal and neonatal outcome of reverse breech extraction of an impacted fetal head during caesarean section in advanced stage of labour: a retrospective cohort study

 

baseline criteria mean ± SD / n (%)

group 2a: head pushing (n = 82)

group 2b: reverse breech (n = 55)

p-value

obstetrical

gestational age (in weeks)

39.7 ± 1.0

39.5 ± 1.1

0.31

full cervical dilation (10 cm)

58 (70.7)

45 (81.8)

0.162

cephalic malpresentation

48 (58.5)

43 (78.1)

0.026

maternal

age (in years)

31.7 ± 5.0

31.6 ± 5.1

0.934

BMI before pregnancy (in kg/m2)

23.9 ± 5.4

22.7 ± 2.9

0.116

neonatal

weight (in g)

3481.5 ± 382.5

3411 ± 473

0.359

head circumference > 35 cm

33 (40.2)

20 (36.4)

0.722

  1. SD standard deviation, n (%) number (per cent), BMI body mass index