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    Breech delivery involves classifying the position of the fetus based on the position of the lower extremities. A frank breech is when the legs are flexed at the hips and extended at the knees with the feet near the head. A complete breech is when both hips are flexed and the knees may also be flexed. An incomplete breech is when one or both hips are extended so a foot or knee is lowest in the birth canal, and a footling breech is an incomplete breech with feet below the breech. Rarely, the fetus may have an extremely hyperextended neck in a condition called stargazing.

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    Breech delivery involves classifying the position of the fetus based on the position of the lower extremities. A frank breech is when the legs are flexed at the hips and extended at the knees with the feet near the head. A complete breech is when both hips are flexed and the knees may also be flexed. An incomplete breech is when one or both hips are extended so a foot or knee is lowest in the birth canal, and a footling breech is an incomplete breech with feet below the breech. Rarely, the fetus may have an extremely hyperextended neck in a condition called stargazing.

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    Breech Delivery: Classification of Breech Presentation

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    Breech delivery involves classifying the position of the fetus based on the position of the lower extremities. A frank breech is when the legs are flexed at the hips and extended at the knees with the feet near the head. A complete breech is when both hips are flexed and the knees may also be flexed. An incomplete breech is when one or both hips are extended so a foot or knee is lowest in the birth canal, and a footling breech is an incomplete breech with feet below the breech. Rarely, the fetus may have an extremely hyperextended neck in a condition called stargazing.

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    BREECH DELIVERY

    CLASSIFICATION OF BREECH
    PRESENTATION
    Δ FRANK BREECH- lower extremities are flexed
    at the hips and extended at the knees, and thus
    the feet lie close to the head
    Δ COMPLETE BREECH- both hips are flexed,
    and one or both knees are also flexed
    Δ INCOMPLETE BREECH- one or both hips are
    extended. As a result, one or both feet or knees lie
    below the breech, such that a foot or knee is
    lowermost in the birth canal
    Δ FOOTLING BREECH- is an incomplete breech
    with one or both feet below the breech

     STARGAZING FETUS- the neck may be


    extremely hyperextended in perhaps 5% of term
    breech fetuses. With this hyperextension,

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