Obstetrics, gynecology, andrology, sexual and reproductive health

Labor, delivery, postpartum

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Obstetrical forceps, vacuum extraction

 

Australia

• Clinical Excellence Commission
  • Vacuum Assisted Births – Are We Getting it Right? [2014]

• Queensland Clinical Guidelines
  • Instrumental vaginal birth

Australia, New Zealand

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Instrumental vaginal birth [2020]

Canada

• CMAJ
  • Taking a stand for operative vaginal delivery [2018]
  • Ecological association between operative vaginal delivery and obstetric and birth trauma [2018]
  • Perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality after attempted operative vaginal delivery at midpelvic station [2017]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
  • Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Forceps and Vacuum Delivery at Outlet, Low, and Midpelvic Station [2019]
  • Evolution of Operative Obstetric Delivery in Canada [2019]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Guidelines for Operative Vaginal Birth [2018]

Ethiopia

• Frontiers in Global Women's Health
  • Prevalence, indications, and outcomes of operative vaginal deliveries among mothers who gave birth in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

Japan

• Medical & Clinical Reviews
  • A review of prerequisites for vacuum extraction: Appropriate position of the fetal head for vacuum extraction from a forceps delivery perspective [2016]

Low and middle income countries

• American Journal of Perinatology
  • A Prospective, Population-Based Study of Trends in Operative Vaginal Delivery Compared to Cesarean Delivery Rates in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2010–2016 [2019]

Nigeria

• Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research
  • Is there Still a Place for Vacuum Extraction (Ventouse) in Modern Obstetric Practice in Nigeria [2013]

• Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Declining Rate of Operative Vaginal Deliveries in Nigeria [2018]

Republic of Korea

• Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
  • Vacuum extraction vaginal delivery: current trend and safety [2017]

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
  • Assisted vaginal delivery [2021]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Women's Health
  • Prevalence, indications and fetal outcomes of operative vaginal delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa, systematic review, and meta-analysis [2023]

United Kingdom

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Assisted Vaginal Birth [2020]

United States

• American Journal of Perinatology
  • Duration of Operative Vaginal Delivery and Adverse Obstetric Outcomes [2020]

• Anesthesiology
  • Association between Neuraxial Labor Analgesia and Neonatal Morbidity after Operative Vaginal Delivery [2021]

• Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • SMFM Special Statement: Operative vaginal delivery: checklists for performance and documentation [2020]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • WHO recommendation on routine antibiotic prophylaxis for women undergoing operative vaginal birth [2021]

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