Head injuries after instrumental vaginal deliveries

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-134

  Doumouchtsis, Stergios K ^a   Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal head injuries; Forceps delivery; Instrumental delivery; Neonatal injuries; Operative delivery; Vacuum extraction

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; SILASTIC;

CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACE INJURY; FORCE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCALP TRAUMA; SKIN BRUISING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUBGALEAL HEMORRHAGE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH INJURIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SKULL FRACTURES; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 33646512448     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000192983.76976.68     Document Type: Review

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