Rotational versus nonrotational forceps: Maternal and neonatal outcomes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1185-1187

  Feldman, D M ^a   Borgida, A F ^a   Sauer, F ^a   Rodis, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal laceration; Occipitoposterior fetal position; Rotational forceps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FORCEPS; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032737553     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70105-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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