The 'sacral hand wedge': A cause of arrest of descent of the fetal head during vacuum assisted delivery

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1063-1065

  Vacca, Aldo ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS HEAD; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HAND; HEAD; HUMAN; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; VACUUM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HAND; HEAD; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SACRUM; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 0036754893     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-0328(02)02534-X     Document Type: Article

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