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Obstetrical Forceps

Known as: Forcep, Obstetrical, Forcep, Obstetric, Obstetric Forcep 
Surgical instrument designed to extract the newborn by the head from the maternal passages without injury to it or the mother.
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2010
2010
Suture damage after grasping with EndoWrist of the da Vinci Surgical System
Abstract Robotic surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System promises to extend the capabilities of minimally invasive surgery and… 
2002
2002
A randomised prospective trial of the obstetric forceps versus vacuum extraction using defined criteria.
The objective of this study was to determine the safety of obstetrics forceps when used under strictly defined criteria compared… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Kielland vs. nonrotational forceps for the second stage of labor.
OBJECTIVE To examine and compare maternal and neonatal morbidity after use of two types of obstetric forceps used in the… 
1999
1999
A “noble instrument”: the obstetric forceps
“ … as to the forceps, it is a noble instrument to which many now living owe their lives” 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Case Report: Unilateral Combined Facial Nerve and Brachial Plexus Palsies in a Neonate Following a Midlevel Forceps Delivery
A case is described in which the 2.7-kg fetus of a nonobese primigravid patient, delivered by midlevel forceps manipulation… 
1992
1992
Vaginal foreign body extraction by forceps: a case report.
1984
1984
A continuing use for Kielland's forceps?
Summary. A retrospective study over a 5–year period compared neonatal outcomes after birth by Kielland's forceps with those after… 
1982
1982
James Young Simpson 1811–1870
James Simpson was born on June 7, 1811, at Bathgate, Scotland, the youngest of seven sons of the village baker. His mother died… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Gastroesophageal scintigraphy to assess the severity of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Thirty-six (36) patients with symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux were studied. Symptoms of heartburn, regurgitation and… 
1957
1957
Instructive clinical case reports.
  • T. Blum
  • Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology
  • 1957
  • Corpus ID: 26456521
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