A randomised controlled trial of a new handheld vacuum extraction device

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1510-1515

  Attilakos, G ^a   Sibanda, T ^b   Winter, C ^a   Johnson, N ^a   Draycott, T ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; SILASTIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRIEF SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HANDHELD VACUUM EXTRACTION DEVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL INJURY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALP; SCALP TRAUMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; FETUS DISTRESS; INSTRUMENTATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL DISORDER;

FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 33644616639     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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