Vacuum extraction or forceps?

Comparision of Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Outlet Forceps and Vacuum Extraction Deliveries

Comparision of Maternal and Fetal Outcome in Outlet Forceps and Vacuum Extraction Deliveries

In certain condition normal delivery cannot be allowed for various reasons, assisted vaginal delivery is the method of choice. Vaginal delivery being assisted by instruments can either be vacuum extraction or forceps, a choice based on obstetrician’s competence and training 1 . James Young Simpson was the first to use traction to deliver the baby. It was later modified by Malstrom in 1953. The ...

Comparison of maternal and infant outcomes between vacuum extraction and forceps deliveries.

The authors conducted a population-based historical cohort study in the Canadian province of Quebec to assess the maternal and infant outcomes associated with vacuum extraction and forceps deliveries. The study database contains information on 305,391 mother-infant dyads (linked by a common institutional code and hospital chart number) for singleton live vaginal births with a nonbreech presenta...

A prospective randomized study comparing maternal and fetal effects of forceps delivery and vacuum extraction.

OBJECTIVE To compare maternal and neonatal effects of assisted vaginal delivery by forceps and vacuum extraction. METHODS A prospective randomized study. One hundred eligible women requiring assisted vaginal delivery in the second stage of labor were randomized to deliver by forceps or vacuum extraction. RESULTS All of those allocated to forceps delivery actually delivered with the allocate...

Forceps extraction of teeth with severe internal root resorption.

Many treatment plans require a dental practitioner to maintain the entire labial cortical plate of bone when removing an anterior maxillary tooth. A tooth with an undermined root secondary to an endodontic perforation or internal (Idiopathic) resorption can present a surgical challenge to the general practitioner. This article describes a new technique for extracting a severely undermined anter...