Vaginal delivery of the second nonvertex twin: Avoiding a poor outcome when the presenting part is not engaged

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 950-954

  Arabin, Birgit ^a,b   Kyvernitakis, Ioannis ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Clara Angela Foundation   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DICHORIONIC DIAMNIOTIC TWIN; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; MALPRESENTATION; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MONOCHORIONIC DIAMNIOTIC TWIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; TWINS;

EID: 80053344778     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31822f0f8a     Document Type: Article

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