An external cephalic version is a procedure used to help turn a baby in the womb before delivery. During the procedure, your healthcare provider places their hands on the outside of your belly and ...
Hamilton, ON (July 11, 2007) -- An international study led by a McMaster researcher aims to determine if a manual procedure to turn breech babies in the uterus can result in fewer births by caesarean ...
The authors matched 197 women who had undergone successful ECV with the next 2 women of similar parity, gestational age, delivery history and type of labor who presented for labor management. They ...
The estimated baseline cost for ECV equaled $1,024 (Table 4). Assuming a 58% chance of successful ECV, ECV resulted in an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $7,900/QALY in our base case when ...
From society's perspective, ECV trial is cost-effective when compared to a scheduled cesarean for breech presentation provided the probability of successful ECV is > 32%. Improved algorithms ...