[Breech presentation--information, anxiety and expectations of established obstetricians and pregnant patients. 1: Results of a survey of established obstetricians].

Abstract

In a anonymous questionnaire we studied the advise of gynecologists to breech presented pregnant women in the area around Nürnberg-Fürth-Erlangen in Germany. 61.5% of gynecologists participated the study, 71.2% of them (n = 57) prefer primary caesarean section in primapara. 13.8% (n = 11) of the questioned doctors favour a vaginally delivery procedure. Advise to multiparas for primarous caesarean section was given in 8.8% (n = 7) and for vaginally delivery mode in 80.0% (n = 64). Reasons for caesarean section was a decreased fetal delivery risk (90%, n = 72) and the possibility of prospective delivery planing (26.3%, n = 21). Other reasons were various obstetrical risk factors and forensic aspects. Benefits of vaginally delivery mode in multiparas was a low fetal delivery risk (72.5%, n = 58) and a low maternal morbidity (66.3%, n = 53). Results of actual studies are suggesting, that there is a controlled fetal risk of vaginally delivery mode in breech presented labour. According to these studies a change of labour procedure is essential.