American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 199, Issue 1 , Pages 59.e1-59.e8 , July 2008

Population trends in cesarean delivery for breech presentation in the United States, 1997-2003

Presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 5-8, 2007.

  • Henry Chong Lee, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Perinatal Epidemiology, and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Henry Chong Lee, MD, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University, 750 Welch Rd, Suite 315, Stanford, CA 94304.
    • ,
  • Yasser Y. El-Sayed, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
    • ,
  • Jeffrey B. Gould, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Perinatal Epidemiology, and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Received 31 May 2007 ,Revised 29 August 2007 ,Accepted 27 November 2007.

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 This study was supported by National Institutes of Health Training Grant 2T32 HD 07249-23 (to H.C.L.).Cite this article as: Lee HC, El-Sayed YY, Gould JB. Population trends in cesarean delivery for breech presentation in the United States, 1997-2003. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;199:59.e1-59.e8.

PII: S0002-9378(07)02241-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.11.059

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 199, Issue 1 , Pages 59.e1-59.e8 , July 2008

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