The impact of active delivery of the anterior arm during vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery on perineal tears: a clinical practice evaluation.

Date publication

février 2019

Journal

The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr RAMANAH Rajeev

Tous les auteurs :
Hulot G, Ramanah R, Riethmuller D, Mottet N

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30714443

Résumé

Our purpose was to evaluate the impact of active delivery of the anterior arm with Couder's Maneuver (CM) during vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery (VAVD) on perineal tears. This maneuver can be beneficial because it has the advantage of reducing fetal biacromial diameter.

Mots clés

Active delivery of anterior arm, perineal protection, perineal tear, vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery

Référence

J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med.. 2019 Feb 3;:1-5