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Article: Vacuum extractor: A safe instrument?

TitleVacuum extractor: A safe instrument?
Authors
Ngan, HYSTang, GWKMa, HK
Issue Date1986
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Asia. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/ANZJOG
Citation
Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, 1986, v. 26 n. 3, p. 177-181 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828X.1986.tb01561.x
AbstractOne thousand five hundred and twenty-six records of deliveries with vacuum extractor in 1982 and 1983 in the Hong Kong University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology were reviewed. Vacuum extractor was found to be easy and safe to use even by inexperienced house-staff. Vacuum extractor was especially useful in the delivery of malpositioned fetal heads because of its mechanism of allowing autorotation. Its advantage of not occupying extra space in the pelvis was most beneficial to the relatively smaller Chinese pelvis. Maternal injury was uncommon. Fetal scalp injury like cephalhaematoma was not uncommon but serious scalp injury was infrequent. Perinatal mortality rate attributed to the instrument was low (0.6/1,000). However, in order to achieve safety to the mother and fetus, strict rules in application of the vacuum extractor must be observed.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/173103
ISSN
0004-8666
2023 Impact Factor: 1.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.630
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:A1986D946400004

 

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dc.contributor.authorNgan, HYSen_US
dc.contributor.authorTang, GWKen_US
dc.contributor.authorMa, HKen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-30T06:27:57Z-
dc.date.available2012-10-30T06:27:57Z-
dc.date.issued1986en_US
dc.identifier.citationAustralian And New Zealand Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, 1986, v. 26 n. 3, p. 177-181en_US
dc.identifier.issn0004-8666en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/173103-
dc.description.abstractOne thousand five hundred and twenty-six records of deliveries with vacuum extractor in 1982 and 1983 in the Hong Kong University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology were reviewed. Vacuum extractor was found to be easy and safe to use even by inexperienced house-staff. Vacuum extractor was especially useful in the delivery of malpositioned fetal heads because of its mechanism of allowing autorotation. Its advantage of not occupying extra space in the pelvis was most beneficial to the relatively smaller Chinese pelvis. Maternal injury was uncommon. Fetal scalp injury like cephalhaematoma was not uncommon but serious scalp injury was infrequent. Perinatal mortality rate attributed to the instrument was low (0.6/1,000). However, in order to achieve safety to the mother and fetus, strict rules in application of the vacuum extractor must be observed.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Asia. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/ANZJOGen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecologyen_US
dc.subject.meshApgar Scoreen_US
dc.subject.meshAsphyxia Neonatorum - Etiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshBirth Injuries - Etiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshBirth Weighten_US
dc.subject.meshExtraction, Obstetrical - Instrumentationen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHemorrhage - Etiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Newbornen_US
dc.subject.meshJaundice, Neonatal - Etiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshPregnancyen_US
dc.subject.meshVacuum Extraction, Obstetrical - Adverse Effects - Instrumentationen_US
dc.subject.meshVagina - Injuriesen_US
dc.titleVacuum extractor: A safe instrument?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.emailNgan, HYS:hysngan@hkucc.hku.hken_US
dc.identifier.emailTang, GWK:gwktang@hkucc.hku.hken_US
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