What to do after a failed attempt of vacuum delivery?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-155

  Sadan, Oscar ^a   Ginath, Shimon ^a   Gomel, Andrei ^a   Abramov, Dora ^a   Rotmensch, Sigi ^a   Boaz, Mona ^a   Glezerman, Marek ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Failed vacuum forceps delivery; Forceps; Sequential combined delivery; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ANEMIA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0037466223     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00344-5     Document Type: Article

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