Postpartum x-ray pelvimetry: Its use in calculating the fetal-pelvic index and predicting fetal-pelvic disproportion

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 845-848

  O'Brien, Karen ^a   Rode, Martha ^a   Macones, George ^a  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopelvic disproportion; Fetal pelvic index; Pelvimetry; Vaginal birth after cesarean

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS PELVIS DISPROPORTION; FETUS PELVIS INDEX; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VAGINAL DELIVERY; X RAY PELVIMETRY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CESAREAN SECTION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PELVIMETRY; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036800681     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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