Central Neuraxial Blockade-Assisted External Cephalic Version in Reducing Caesarean Section Rate: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Eight-year review of caesarean sections-Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby UK^⊥.

Year	Deliveries	Babies	Caesarean section		Emergency C-section^⊥		Elective C-section^⊥ ⊥
			N	%	N	%	N	%
5-Year review*
2001	1951	1979	362	18.60%	203	11%	159	8%
2002	1973	1992	344	17.40%	194	10%	150	8%
2003	2069	2106	387	18.70%	221	11%	166	8%
2004	2235	2261	405	18.10%	238	11%	167	8%
2005	2350	2384	387	16.40%	258	11%	129	6%
Total	10578	10722	1885	17.84%	1114	10.80%	771	7.60%
8-Year review^**
2006	2420	2458	413	17.10%	233	10%	180	8%
2007	2458	2535	450	18.10%	240	10%	210	8%
2008	2508	2577	415	16.30%	213	8%	202	3%
Total	17964	18292	3163	17.59%	1800	10.25%	1363	7.13%

^⊥Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby serves a fairly stable predominantly working class population of about 91000 in the Northeast Lincolnshire, UK. ^{⊥ ⊥}C-Section-Lower segment caesarean section. *Five-year review was from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2005. ^** Eight-year review was from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2008.