Research Article

Successful External Cephalic Version: Factors Predicting Vaginal Birth

Table 1

Fetal characteristic at external cephalic version (ECV).


Sonographic EFW at ECV (kg)
Type of breech
 Flexed, sum (%)34 (50.7)
 Extended, sum (%)33 (49.3)
AFI (cm)
AFI (sum, %)
 10.0–12.023 (34.3)
 12.1–16.031 (46.3)
 16.1–18.09 (13.4)
 >18.04 (6.0)
Placenta (sum, %)
 Anterior22 (32.8)
 Posterior34 (50.7)
 Fundal11 (16.5)

All expressed in mean ± SD unless specified.
EFW: estimated fetal weight.