Shoulder dystocia and operative vaginal delivery

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 220-224

  Bofill, James A ^a   Rust, Orion A ^a   Devidas, Meenakshi ^b   Roberts, William E ^a   Morrison, John C ^a   Martin Jr , James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Forceps; Shoulder dystocia; Time; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DYSTOCIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH INJURIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; STATISTICS; VAGINA;

EID: 0030789953     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059709161990     Document Type: Article

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