Forceps delivery: Potential benefits and a call for continued training

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 327-328

  Shaffer, B Leandro ^a   Caughey, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; DYSTOCIA; EDITORIAL; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LABOR STAGE; LAPAROSCOPY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA PREVIA; UNITED STATES; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249844472     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211735     Document Type: Editorial

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