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  2. Obstetrical forceps - Wikipedia

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    Short forceps are applied on the fetal head already descended significantly in the maternal pelvis (i.e., proximal to the vagina). Long forceps are able to reach a fetal head still in the middle or even in the upper part of the maternal pelvis. At present practice, it is uncommon to use forceps to access a fetal head in the upper pelvis.

  3. Instruments used in obstetrics and gynecology - Wikipedia

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    Lanes tissue forceps: Uterus holding forceps: Sponge holding forceps: Kocher's artery forceps: Kocher's forceps with toothed jaws [3] Green-Armytage hemostatic forceps - Can be used during Myomectomy. Willet's scalp traction forceps: Ovum forceps: Punch biopsy forceps - Used in Premalignant lesions of the cervix. Its provides a specimen ...

  4. Leopold's maneuvers - Wikipedia

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    The side where there is resistance to the descent of the fingers toward the pubis is greatest is where the brow is located. If the head of the fetus is well-flexed, it should be on the opposite side from the fetal back. If the fetal head is extended though, the occiput is instead felt and is located on the same side as the back.

  5. Christian Kielland - Wikipedia

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    Over the next seven years he collected data material on 352 cases of birth delivery. Kielland first presented the Kielland forceps in 1908 when he gave a lecture for the Surgical Society in Christiania titled "The Birth Forceps mechanism and technique". Two years later in 1910, he demonstrated his rod in Copenhagen and at various clinics in ...

  6. Lower segment Caesarean section - Wikipedia

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    Most bleeding takes place from the angles of the incision, and forceps can be applied to control it. Green Armytage forceps are specifically designed for this purpose. [3] Although the incision is made using a sharp scalpel, care must be taken not to injure the foetus, especially if the membranes are ruptured, or in emergencies like abruption ...

  7. Fetal head - Wikipedia

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    The fetal head, from an obstetrical viewpoint, and in particular its size, is important because an essential feature of labor is the adaptation between the fetal head and the maternal bony pelvis. Only a comparatively small part of the head at term is represented by the face.

  8. Asynclitic birth - Wikipedia

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    Posterior asynclitism is when the fetal occiput is facing the mother's spine, and anterior asynclitism is when the fetal occiput is facing the mother's belly. The most common and preferred type of asynclitism is the left occiput anterior asynclitism because the baby's head enters the pelvis in such a way that it minimizes the circumference of ...

  9. Childbirth - Wikipedia

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    A method of external (noninvasive) fetal monitoring (EFM) during childbirth is cardiotocography (CTG), using a cardiotocograph that consists of two sensors: The heart (cardio) sensor is an ultrasonic sensor, similar to a Doppler fetal monitor, that continuously emits ultrasound and detects motion of the fetal heart by the characteristic of the ...