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Chapter 66 - Assisted Vaginal Delivery (Content last reviewed: 15th December 2018)

from Section 6 - Late Prenatal – Obstetric Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2017

By
Deirdre J. Murphy
Edited by
David James ,
Philip Steer ,
Carl Weiner ,
Bernard Gonik  and
Stephen Robson
David James
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Philip Steer
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Carl Weiner
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Bernard Gonik
Affiliation:
Wayne State University, Detroit
Stephen Robson
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle
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Summary

Assisted vaginal delivery is an important management option when difficulties arise in the second stage of labor. There is a choice to be made between forceps and vacuum extraction, and in some cases more than one instrument is used. In addition to choosing an instrument, the operator must decide when to intervene, where to conduct the delivery, when to seek senior support, which alternative to employ if the chosen instrument fails, and when to abandon an attempt at assisted vaginal delivery in favor of cesarean section.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
First published in: 2017

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