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VACUUM EXTRACTION INITIATED DURING THE FIRS STAGE OF LABOUR
Author(s) -
Chalmers J. A.,
Prakash A.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1971.tb00315.x
Subject(s) - vacuum extractor , caesarean section , medicine , cervix , obstetrics , stage (stratigraphy) , vacuum extraction , pregnancy , surgery , cancer , genetics , biology , paleontology
Summary A series of 201 cases delivered at Worcester Royal Infirmary with the vacuum extractor in which intervention was begun before full dilatation of the cervix has been analyzed. Successful delivery was achieved with the ventouse alone in 174 cases (86·8 per cent). In almost half of the remainder, Caesarean section was required because of cephalo‐pelvic disproportion which was not evident when delivery was undertaken. The results for mother and child were satisfactory in that there were only three stillbirths and no neonatal deaths. There was no serious maternal or fetal morbidity.