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  2. Obstetrical forceps - Wikipedia

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    Forceps with a sliding lock mechanism are used for deliveries requiring more rotation. [medical citation needed] The blade of each forceps branch is the curved portion that is used to grasp the fetal head. The forceps should surround the fetal head firmly, but not tightly. The blade characteristically has two curves, the cephalic and the pelvic ...

  3. Operative vaginal delivery - Wikipedia

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    The forceps are designed to reach the top of the fetal head and create the necessary traction to pull and rotate the baby out. On the other hand, the vacuum extractor uses a small metal or silicon cap that exerts negative pressure on the fetal scalp to facilitate pulling of the infant. [20]

  4. 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 ...

  5. Intact dilation and extraction - Wikipedia

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    If the fetal presentation is not breech, forceps or manual manipulation can be used to turn it to a breech presentation while in the uterus (internal version). [6] The fetal skull is usually the largest part of the fetal body and its removal may require mechanical collapse if it is too large to fit through the cervical canal. [5]

  6. 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 ...

  7. Tenaculum - Wikipedia

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    Tenaculum. A tenaculum is a surgical instrument, usually classified as a type of forceps.It consists of a slender sharp-pointed hook attached to a handle and is used mainly in surgery for seizing and holding parts, such as blood vessels.

  8. Presentation (obstetrics) - Wikipedia

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    Presentation of twins in Der Rosengarten ("The Rose Garden"), a German standard medical text for midwives published in 1513. In obstetrics, the presentation of a fetus about to be born specifies which anatomical part of the fetus is leading, that is, is closest to the pelvic inlet of the birth canal.

  9. Allis clamp - Wikipedia

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    An Allis clamp (also called the Allis forceps) is a commonly used surgical instrument. It was invented by Oscar Allis. The Allis clamp is a surgical instrument with sharp teeth, used to hold or grasp heavy tissue. It is also used to grasp fascia and soft tissues such as breast or bowel tissue. [1]