Turning Foetal Breech Presentation at 32-35 Weeks of Gestational Age by Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Joint Authors
Franconi, Giovanna
Brici, Paolo
Scatassa, Cristina
Fabbri, Elisabetta
Assirelli, Paolo
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-06-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Foetal breech presentation is an obstetric problem that often leads to caesarean section.
Stimulation of the acupoint BL67 by moxibustion may correct breech presentation.
Methods.
We observed 93 pregnant women in the 32nd-35th week of gestation with normal pregnancy and ultrasound diagnosis of breech presentation.
The patients received stimulation of acupoint BL67 by self-administered moxibustion once a day for two weeks and if foetuses still were in breech presentation, moxibustion, and needle in the points BL65 and SI1, lasting 30 minutes, for three days in one week.
The main outcome was vaginal birth with vertex presentation at delivery; the secondary outcome was compliance in the self-administration of the moxibustion treatment.
Results.
We observed cephalic version and natural childbirth in 62.4% of all treated women.
The treatment was accepted by 98.9% women (93/94), and compliance was 91.4% (85/93) for self-administered moxibustion and 37.5% (12/32) for moxibustion and needle treatment.
Conclusions.
On the basis of our results, self-administered home treatment moxibustion followed by moxibustion and needle stimulations may be an effective and low-cost treatment for inducing cephalic version.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Brici, Paolo& Franconi, Giovanna& Scatassa, Cristina& Fabbri, Elisabetta& Assirelli, Paolo. 2019. Turning Foetal Breech Presentation at 32-35 Weeks of Gestational Age by Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151499
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Brici, Paolo…[et al.]. Turning Foetal Breech Presentation at 32-35 Weeks of Gestational Age by Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151499
American Medical Association (AMA)
Brici, Paolo& Franconi, Giovanna& Scatassa, Cristina& Fabbri, Elisabetta& Assirelli, Paolo. Turning Foetal Breech Presentation at 32-35 Weeks of Gestational Age by Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151499
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1151499