[The effect of the woman's age on the course of pregnancy and labor in breech presentation].

The influence of woman's age on pregnancy outcome and delivery of 362 cases of pregnancies in breech presentation was studied retrospectively. The cases are distributed in 6 interval groups of 5 years each and are compared to the data of vertex presentation. The rate of antedated and pregnancy induced diseases are the same in breech and vertex presentation and do not depend on the type of presentation. There is an increase of premature breech deliveries with the decrease of woman's age. The frequency of Cesarean sections is increased with the woman's age, especially after the thirties. The ruptures of the soft birth canal and the need of oxytocin stimulation are increases with woman's age. In case of selected and successive breech labor the state of the newborn does not depend on the woman's age.