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Maternal and neonatal trauma during forceps and vacuum delivery
Understanding injuries during assisted delivery
BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2928 (Published 28 December 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:p2928
- Shree Datta, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist
- London, UK
- statta101{at}gmail.com
Muraca and colleagues discuss the important topic of trauma to mother and baby during operative vaginal deliveries,1 but they overlook three key points.
Firstly, the severity of perineal tears has been shown to be influenced by ethnicity. In 2013, Stewart and colleagues found that women of South, …
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