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Table 2 Obstetric findings among the study participants, 2014, JUMC, Ethiopia (n = 108)

From: Birth outcomes of singleton term breech deliveries in Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

Variable

Frequency

Percent

Stage of labor on admission

 Not in labor

13

12.0

 Latent phase

42

38.9

 Active phase

38

35.2

 2nd stage

15

13.9

Type of breech

 Frank

41

38

 Complete

36

33.3

 Footling

22

20.4

 Unknown

9

8.3

Ultrasound scan done at admission

 Yes

81

75

 No

27

25

Mode of delivery

 Assisted vaginal breech

42

38.9

 Emergency C/D

57

52.8

 Elective C/D

9

8.3

Indication for emergency C/D (N = 58)

 Prolonged latent phase

10

17.2

 Cord prolapse

3

5.2

 NRFHR pattern

8

13.8

 Big baby

5

8.6

 Footling breech

18

31

 Prolonged ROM

4

6.9

 Arrest of cervical dilation

7

12.1

 Previous C/D scar

3

5.2

Indication for elective C/D

 Previous C/D scar

5

55.6

 Post term

2

22.2

 Big baby

2

22.2

  1. C/D cesarean delivery, NRFHR non-reassuring fetal heart rate, ROM rupture of membranes