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Chapter 15 - Breech Presentation and Delivery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2022

By
Myles JO Taylor
Edited by
Swati Jha  and
Eloise Power
Swati Jha
Affiliation:
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Eloise Power
Affiliation:
Sergeants’ Inn, London
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Summary

The claimant was born vaginally presenting as a breech baby. Earlier in the course of labour the claimant’s mother called hospital but was advised not to come into hospital at that point in time. This resulted in a delay and by the time the patient attended hospital it was too late to perform a caesarean section (CS), resulting in the circulatory collapse and consequent brain injury arising from a vaginal breech delivery.

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Lessons from Medicolegal Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Improving Clinical Practice
 , pp. 192 - 203
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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