TY - JOUR
T1 - Manual rotation of the fetal occiput
T2 - Predictors of success and delivery
AU - Shaffer, Brian L.
AU - Cheng, Yvonne W.
AU - Vargas, Juan E.
AU - Laros, Russell K.
AU - Caughey, Aaron B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, grant no. HD01262 as a Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholar (A.B.C.).
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - Objective: The purpose of the study was to define predictors of successful rotation and rate of cesarean delivery after manual rotation of the fetal occiput from occiput posterior or transverse position. Study design: A retrospective cohort study comprised patients who underwent a trial of manual rotation of the fetal occiput from occiput posterior or occiput transverse position. Successful rotation was defined as delivery in the occiput anterior position. We examined maternal, fetal, and labor characteristics as predictors of both fetal position at delivery and cesarean delivery. Results: Multiparity (odds ratio, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.5-3.8) and maternal age <35 years (odds ratio, 2.0; 95% CI, 1.1-3.4) were associated with successful manual rotation of the fetal occiput. After successful rotation, the cesarean delivery rate was 2%, compared with 34% if the rotation failed (P < .001). Asian ethnicity, nulliparity, age >35 years, labor induction, and epidural usage were associated with higher rates of cesarean delivery. Conclusion: After successful manual rotation of the fetal occiput, women had lower cesarean delivery rates than women with unsuccessful rotations. Multiparity and maternal age of <35 years were associated with more successful rotations.
AB - Objective: The purpose of the study was to define predictors of successful rotation and rate of cesarean delivery after manual rotation of the fetal occiput from occiput posterior or transverse position. Study design: A retrospective cohort study comprised patients who underwent a trial of manual rotation of the fetal occiput from occiput posterior or occiput transverse position. Successful rotation was defined as delivery in the occiput anterior position. We examined maternal, fetal, and labor characteristics as predictors of both fetal position at delivery and cesarean delivery. Results: Multiparity (odds ratio, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.5-3.8) and maternal age <35 years (odds ratio, 2.0; 95% CI, 1.1-3.4) were associated with successful manual rotation of the fetal occiput. After successful rotation, the cesarean delivery rate was 2%, compared with 34% if the rotation failed (P < .001). Asian ethnicity, nulliparity, age >35 years, labor induction, and epidural usage were associated with higher rates of cesarean delivery. Conclusion: After successful manual rotation of the fetal occiput, women had lower cesarean delivery rates than women with unsuccessful rotations. Multiparity and maternal age of <35 years were associated with more successful rotations.
KW - Cesarean delivery
KW - Manual rotation
KW - Occiput posterior
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.029
DO - 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.029
M3 - Article
C2 - 16647899
AN - SCOPUS:33744491572
VL - 194
SP - e7-e9
JO - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
SN - 0002-9378
IS - 5
ER -