Obstetrics and Gynecology

Studies from A. Benharoush and co-researchers update current data on obstetrics and gynecology

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 13th, 2007

According to recent research from Israel, "The purpose of this study was to identify factors that predict operative vaginal delivery. A retrospective cohort study was conducted that included all women who underwent a trial of operative vaginal delivery between 1993 and 2006 at a major tertiary center."

"Operative vaginal delivery was attempted in 5120 of 83,351 deliveries (6.1%): 4299 vacuum extractions (84.0%) and 821 forceps deliveries (16.0%). Failures occurred in 8.6% of trials, more often with vacuum extraction (10.0% vs 1.3%; P< .001). Most vacuum extraction failures (72.6%) were followed by a trial of forceps delivery, which failed in 3.5% of cases. On...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-12-13)

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