complications
Last reviewed 01/2018
Complications are as follows:
- if the oligohydramnios is severe there may be pulmonary hypoplasia
- the foetus has little room to move; as a result, an early breech presentation is more likely to deliver as a breech.
- limb deformities are more common, including talipes and ankylosis of joints
- amniotic adhesions may constrict a limb