Delivery of the macrosomic infant: Cesarean section versus vaginal delivery

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-231

  Conway, Deborah L ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSTOCIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CESAREAN SECTION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035989927     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sper.2002.33975     Document Type: Article

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