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external cephalic version

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external cephalic version
Obstetrics A procedure that externally rotates the fetus from a breech position to a vertex presentation. See Emergency C-section.
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Pugh had sought medical care during her pregnancy, doctors would have discovered that the baby was breech, or bottom-first, and would have scheduled an external cephalic version - turning the baby before labor - or a Caesarean section.
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Many of today's obstetricians seem to be much less apt than their forebears to attempt an external cephalic version (ECV, or turning around a breech presentation) in order to do a normal delivery.
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