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Symphysiotomy

Known as: Symphyseotomy, Symphysiotomies 
Surgical procedure to widen a woman's pelvis during childbirth.
National Institutes of Health

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Division of isthmus of horseshoe kidney (procedure)Symphysiotomy to assist delivery
Educational aspectsSymphysis pubis structurelegislation & jurisprudencenursing therapy

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Surgical incisions

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Symphysiotomy at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital Afikpo, Ebonyi State of Nigeria (1982 – 1999): a review of 1013 cases
One thousand and thirteen (1013) symphysiotomies were performed and 27 477 deliveries were conducted during the period. The… 
2003
2003
Appropriate Obstetric Technologies to Deal with Maternal Complications
Table of 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Symphysiotomy and fetal destructive operations.
Symphysiotomy and fetal destructive operations - while rarely, if ever, performed in developed countries - are an option in… 
1993
1993
Caesarian sections in developing countries: some considerations
Review
1978
Review
1978
Six years' experience of symphysiotomy in a teaching hospital.
  • R. Norman
  • South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse…
  • 1978
  • Corpus ID: 20678048
One hundred and sixty-one symphysiotomies were performed at Harari Maternity Hospital, Rhodesia, over a 6-year period… 
1973
1973
A COMPARISON OF THE EARLY AND LATE EFFECTS OF SUBCUTANEOUS SYMPHYSIOTOMY AND OF LOWER SEGMENT CAESAREAN SECTION
One hundred and five women who had a subcutaneous symphysiotomy were compared with 105 women who had a first lower segment… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
Subcutaneous Symphysiotomy — Time for a Reappraisal?
Summary: A series of 138 patients in whom symphysiotomy had been performed is presented. The vicissitudes of this operation are… 
1967
1967
SUBCUTANEOUS SYMPHYSIOTOMY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE VACUUM EXTRACTOR
IN the small maternity ward of the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital in Nakuru, Kenya, during the five years 1959-1963… 
1957
1957
Surgery of the diseased horseshoe kidney.
1951
1951
Symphysiotomy or pubiotomy. Why? when? and how?
Summary1. The indications for and technique of symphysiotomy are described.2. A series of 42 cases is presented to illustrate the… 
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