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

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center" colspan="2"><i>Criteria for stopping external cephalic version (ECV)</i></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">1</td><td align="center">Undue Maternal Discomfort</td></tr><tr><td align="left">2</td><td align="center">Non-reassuring Fetal Heart Tones/Patterns</td></tr><tr><td align="left">3</td><td align="center">Unsuccessful version after three manoeuvres</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><svg height="18.700001" id="M25" style="vertical-align:-3.27605pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 20.225 18.700001" width="20.225" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>CV is discontinued if one of the above 3 criteria occurs<br/></td></tr></table>

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Table 4: Central Neuraxial Blockade-Assisted External Cephalic Version in Reducing Caesarean Section Rate: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 