Increasing rates of operative vaginal delivery across two decades: Accompanying outcomes and instrument preferences

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-43

  Hehir, Mark P ^a   Reidy, Fiona R ^a   Wilkinson, Michael N ^a   Mahony, Rhona ^a  

^a NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Forceps; Operative vaginal delivery; Perinatal mortality; Rates; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR MANAGEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATIVE VAGINAL DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

FORCEPS; OPERATIVE VAGINAL DELIVERY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; RATES; VACUUM;

BIRTH INJURIES; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 84887041099     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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