Can angle of progression in pregnant women before onset of labor predict mode of delivery?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 332-337

  Levy, R ^a,b   Zaks, S ^a,b   Ben Arie, A ^a,b   Perlman, S ^a,b   Hagay, Z ^a,b   Vaisbuch, E ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; fetal head station; nulliparous; parous; transperineal ultrasound; ultrasonography; vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863217027     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11195     Document Type: Article

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