Sonographic assessment of fetal spine and head position during the first and second stages of labor for the diagnosis of persistent occiput posterior position: A pilot study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-215

  Blasi, I ^a   D'Amico, R ^a   Fenu, V ^a   Volpe, A ^a   Fuchs, I ^b   Henrich, W ^b   Mazza, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal column; Intrapartum ultrasound; Occiput posterior; Persistent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 76249095150     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7504     Document Type: Article

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