| Indications | Number | Percentage |
| Acute fetal distress | 13 | 31 |
| Breech presentation | 7 | 16.7 |
| Fetal-pelvic disproportion | 5 | 11.9 |
| Placenta prævia | 5 | 11.9 |
| Failure to engage at full dilatation | 4 | 9.5 |
| Fetal macrosomia | 4 | 9.5 |
| Generally narrowed pelvis | 3 | 7.1 |
| Shoulder presentation | 1 | 2.4 |
| Total | 42 | 100 |