413 cases of abnormal fetal position corrected by auricular plaster therapy

The authors corrected the abnormal fetal position in 413 cases of pregnant women by the auricular plaster therapy (APT) with a success rate of 83.3%--remarkably higher than treatment by knee-chest positioning. Further analysis showed that APT was also superior to the knee-chest positioning for primiparae, breech fetal position, and pregnancies over 33 weeks. The authors also noted the clinical signs of successful cases and failures.