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Breech and Other Malpresentations

Midwifery notes on malpresentations covering the types of breech, clinical examination, management during pregnancy and labour, spontaneous and assisted breech delivery and the indications for vaginal delivery, with shoulder, face, brow and compound presentations and unstable lie.

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