Vaginal delivery of vertex-nonvertex twins: A fading skill?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-120

  Pope, Rachel J ^a   Weintraub, Adi Y ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Mode of delivery; Twin gestation; Vertex nonvertex

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALPRESENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TWINS; VAGINA;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TWINS; VAGINA; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 77956483116     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1458-5     Document Type: Review

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