Investigations

1st investigations to order

transabdominal/transvaginal ultrasound

Test
Result
Test

Visualises the fetus and reveals its position.

Used to confirm a clinically suspected breech presentation.[27]

Should be performed by practitioners with appropriate skills in obstetric ultrasound.

Establishes the type of breech presentation by imaging the fetal femurs and their relationship to the distal bones.

Result

breech position

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