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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
2012
Review
2012
Rectal foreign bodies: A case report and review of the literature.
Review
2009
Review
2009
Vaginal delivery of breech presentation.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Minimally invasive surgery for obstructed labour: a review of symphysiotomy during the twentieth century (including 5000 cases)
Objective To compile and make available essential data on symphysiotomy for evaluation in the struggle against maternal and fetal… 
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… 
1996
1996
[Increasing use of cesarean section, even in developing countries].
At Kaziba hospital in rural Zaire, the frequency of deliveries by Caesarean section rose from 6.2% in 1971 to 12% in 1992, and… 
1993
1993
Caesarian sections in developing countries: some considerations
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Maternal height and the outcome of labor in rural Tanzania
Review
1990
Review
1990
Symphysiotomy for the Trapped Aftercoming Parts of the Breech: A Review of the Literature and a Plea for Its Use
EDITORIAL COMMENT: This is a scholarly clinical essay and we commend it to readers even if they feel symphysiotomy is not an… 
1973
1973
Plate fixation of disrupted symphysis pubis. Preliminary report.
1. A technique for internal fixation of the disrupted symphysis pubis by an angled four-hole plate is described. 2. In five… 
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… 
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