Cesarean delivery after successful external cephalic version of breech presentation at term

The rate of cesarean delivery was higher in patients with a fetus in cephalic presentation after a successful external cephalic version (ECV) [1,2]. However, other studies do not support those results [3,4]. This controversy is most likely the result of the heterogeneity of the study population. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether patients who had undergone successful ECV at term were at a higher risk of cesarean section in Japanese population. The present study was performed on patients who were delivered in Osaka University Hospital between 1995 and 2004. Inclusion criteria for ECV