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2. Incomplete breech: includes:

a- Breech with extended legs (frank breech): The hips are flexed and

the knees are extended (occurs more in primigravidas).

b- Footling presentation: the hip and knee joints on one or both sides

are partially extended

c- Knee presentation: the hip is partially extended, and the knee is

flexed on one or both sides.

Fig.,(24 ) Breech presentation adopted from

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