Vacuum extraction in modern obstetric practice: A review and critique

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 475-480

  O'Grady, John P ^a,b   Pope, Christian S ^b   Patel, Sejal S ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FETUS; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 0034435942     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200012000-00003     Document Type: Review

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