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  2. Breech birth - Wikipedia

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    A frank breech (otherwise known as an extended breech) is where the baby's legs are up next to its abdomen, with its knees straight and its feet next to its ears. This is the most common type of breech. [19] A complete breech (or flexed breech) is when the baby appears as though it is sitting crossed-legged with its legs bent at the hips and knees.

  3. Mauriceau–Smellie–Veit maneuver - Wikipedia

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    Mauriceau–Smellie–Veit maneuver or Mauriceau maneuver (named after François Mauriceau, William Smellie and Gustav Veit) is an obstetric or emergent medical maneuver utilized in cases of breech delivery. This procedure entails suprapubic pressure by one obstetrician on the mother/uterus, while another obstetrician inserts left hand in ...

  4. Breech - Wikipedia

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    breech, the lower part of a pulley block; breech, the penetration of a boiler where exhaust gases leave it; breech birth, when the baby is born feet or bottom first; breeches, an item of clothing covering the body from the waist down; buttocks, or breech, the lower part of the human abdomen

  5. Podalic version - Wikipedia

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    • Internal podalic version comprises a series of manoeuvres performed prior to breech extraction to deliver a fetus with a persistent transverse or oblique lie in the second stage of labour. • It is most commonly employed for the delivery of a second twin after the vaginal birth of the first and can expedite delivery in the case of profound ...

  6. Glossary of British ordnance terms - Wikipedia

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    Breech loading, in its formal British ordnance sense, served to identify the gun as the type of rifled breechloading gun for which the powder charge was loaded in a silk or cloth bag and the breech mechanism was responsible for "obturation" i.e. sealing the chamber to prevent escape of the propellant gases. [1]

  7. Breechloader - Wikipedia

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    Breech-loading firearm that belonged to Philip V of Spain, made by A. Tienza, Madrid circa 1715. It came with a ready-to-load reusable cartridge. This is a miquelet system. Mechanism of Philip V's breech-loading firearm (detail) The breech mechanism of the Ferguson rifle. Breech-loading firearms are known from the 16th century.

  8. Surgery - Wikipedia

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    Surgery [a] is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or alter aesthetics and appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove unwanted tissues (body fat, glands, scars ...

  9. Research Organization for Health - Wikipedia

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    The Research Organization for Health (Indonesian: Organisasi Riset Kesehatan, OR Kesehatan) is one of Research Organizations under the umbrella of the National Research and Innovation Agency (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, BRIN).