Effect of clinician-applied maneuvers on brachial plexus stretch during a shoulder dystocia event: Investigation using a computer simulation model

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339.e1-339.e5

  Grimm, Michele J ^a   Costello, Richard E ^a   Gonik, Bernard ^b  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brachial plexus stretch; maneuvers; modeling; shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELIVERY; HUMAN; LITHOTOMY; PELVIS; PHYSICIAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77957334607     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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