Table 2 Labor and perineal outcomes
From: Incidence of obstetric anal sphincter injuries following breech compared to cephalic vaginal births
Breech N = 224 | Cephalic N = 446 | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | ||||
Spontaneous | 215 (96%) | 346 (77.8%) | < 0.0001 | |
Induced | 9 (4%) | 99 (22.2%) | ||
Missing data | 0 | 1 | ||
Total duration of labor (min) | ||||
Median | 375,5 | 339 | 0.876 | |
IQR (q1; q3) | 219; 495 | 230; 490 | ||
Range (min; max) | 31; 958 | 18; 1077 | ||
Missing data | 74 | 213 | ||
Duration of 2nd stage of labor | ||||
Median | 83.00 | 49.00 | 0.0145 | |
Q1, Q3 | 22.00; 140.00 | 13.00; 117.00 | ||
Range (min; max) | 3.00; 287.00 | 1.00; 280.0 | ||
Missing | 81 | 267 | ||
History of perineal tears | ||||
No | 138 (61.9%) | 275 (61.7%) | 0.955 | |
Yes | 85 (38.1%) | 171 (38.3%) | ||
Missing data | 1 | 0 | ||
Perineal tears | ||||
OASIs | 2 (0.9%) | 5 (1.1%) | 0.77 | |
Episiotomy | 28 (12.5%) | 24 (5.4%) | 0.001 | |
1st degree or no tear | 166 (74.1%) | 336 (75.3%) | 0.73 | |
2nd degree tear | 28 (12.5%) | 81 (18.2%) | 0.06 | |