The trouble with vacuum extraction

Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-45

  Vacca, A ^a  

^a CABOOLTURE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; SAFETY; SCALP; SHORT SURVEY; SKULL FRACTURE; TECHNIQUE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VACUUM EXTRACTOR;

EID: 0032951268     PISSN: 09575847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5847(99)90072-0     Document Type: Article

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