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EaSi resource
  • Introduction
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  • Background
    • History
    • Operative delivery rates
    • Importance of instrumental delivery
    • Comparison with caesarean section
    • Requirements for training
    • Failed instrumental delivery
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  • Pelvic anatomy
  • Maternal and fetal assessment
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  • Preparing for instrumental delivery
  • Vacuum extraction
  • Forceps
  • Rotational deliveries
  • Complications and postoperative care
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Further reading

Drife J. The start of life: a history of obstetrics. Postgrad Med J 2002;78:311–5.

NHS Maternity Statistics.

Murphy DJ, Liebling RE, Verity L, Swingler R, Patel R. Early maternal and neonatal morbidity associated with operative delivery in second stage of labour: a cohort study. Lancet 2001;358:1203–7 [Abstract only].

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Operative vaginal delivery. Green-top Guideline 26. London: RCOG Press; 2011.


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