Effect of rotation on perineal lacerations in forceps-assisted vaginal deliveries

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 132-137

  Bradley, Megan S ^a   Kaminski, Robert J ^a   Streitman, David C ^a   Dunn, Shannon L ^a   Krans, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BIRTHING POSITION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS; FORCEPS ASSISTED VAGINAL DELIVERY; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LACERATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LABOR; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PARITY; PERINEAL CARE; PERINEAL LACERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LACERATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION;

EID: 84880573502     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31829752fc     Document Type: Article

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