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VIBRATION OF THE CERVIX IN LABOUR
Author(s) -
Brant H. A.,
Lachelin Gillian C. L.
Publication year - 1974
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.1471-0528.1974.tb00459.x
Subject(s) - expediting , cervix , vibrator (electronic) , medicine , obstetrics , pregnancy , scalp , cervical dilatation , abnormality , gynecology , surgery , engineering , systems engineering , cancer , psychiatry , biology , genetics , electrical engineering
Summary The experience gained in using the cervical vibrator therapeutically in 250 labours is reviewed. The instrument is considered to be a valuable additional aid for expediting labour in appropriate circumstances, and for facilitating the taking of fetal scalp blood samples. The follow‐up of 33 patients who have had 36 subsequent pregnancies has not revealed any abnormality attributable to cervical vibration in the earlier pregnancy.