Re: Difficult twins Outcome
From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)
Sun Dec 31 16:04:19 2006
Happy New Year, Bernard! (and the rest of you too, when it comes around)
--
Anna Meenan, MD
At Sun, 31 Dec 2006, Bernard Cristalli wrote:
>
>I'm glad to see I'm not the only one left to performs these things.
>The day before I did a breech extraction on a female lawyer for a
>premature and very quick labour (32 w and 3 hours) in a bicornuate
>uterus. Both are doing very well.
>Happy new year to all of you. It's in 32 minutes here.
>Bernard
>
>Andrew Folley a écrit :
>> I was in the OR for the procedure. Epidural was in place. Anesthesia
>> present. The only thing mission was the Section table was not set
>> up. With the uncertainty of heart tones I decided the safest and most
>> efficient mode of delivery would be internal podalic version with
>> double footling breech extraction. Apgars 4,8 and base excess <4. 10
>> minutes elapse from baby 1 and baby 2.
>> Unfortunately this is part of the dying art of obstetrics. I am
>> doubtful that the majority of recent OB grads in the past 10 years
>> would have chosen this option. Thanks for your input.
>>
>>> From: Bernard Cristalli <bcrist@club-internet.fr>
>>> Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
>>> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>> Subject: Re: Difficult twins
>>> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:35:15 -0600
>>>
>>> Yes, me too.
>>> I'm pretty sure he performed a c-section.
>>> Bernard
>>>
>>> Dr Eberhard Lisse a écrit :
>>>> In the situation described I don't think he'll get it turned...
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to read what he actually did, and what the outcome is...
>>>>
>>>> el
>>>>
>>>> on 12/31/06 3:10 PM Bernard Cristalli said the following:
>>>>
>>>>> Breech extraction.
>>>>> Quicker than a C-section and mom has already proved she can be
>>>>> delivered
>>>>> vaginally.
>>>>> BC
>>>>>
