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Re: breech and cerebral palsy From: Robert J. Woolley (wooll005@tc.umn.edu) Wed Jun 10 20:40:28 1998 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG: "Re: OB: Second twin" Previous message: BNJShelton@aol.com: "breech and cerebral palsy" Maybe in reply to: BNJShelton@aol.com: "breech and cerebral palsy" Next in thread: Bernard Cristalli: "Re: breech and cerebral palsy" In message <5a7340f9.357f3160@aol.com> writes: > My question is why do breech infants born at term regardless of route of > delivery have a higher incidence of cerebral palsy? Hypothetically without > labor or evidence of perinatal asphyxia. Some prenatal event or events causes the cerebral damage, and that damage results in less fetal activity. Less fetal activity means fewer chances for jostling around in the right way that converts breech to vertex. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Woolley -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Paul, Minnesota "Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness." -- George Santayana Next message: R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG: "Re: OB: Second twin" Previous message: BNJShelton@aol.com: "breech and cerebral palsy" Maybe in reply to: BNJShelton@aol.com: "breech and cerebral palsy" Next in thread: Bernard Cristalli: "Re: breech and cerebral palsy"

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