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. 2000 May;182(5):1050-1.
doi: 10.1067/mob.2000.105392.

The effect of obstetric resident gender on forceps delivery rate

K D Bonar  1 , A M Kaunitz, L Sanchez-Ramos
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The effect of obstetric resident gender on forceps delivery rate

K D Bonar et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000 May.

Abstract

Objective: This study was undertaken to examine the effect of obstetric resident physician gender on the forceps delivery rate.

Study design: Analysis was based on >350,000 deliveries performed by >800 residents in obstetrics and gynecology throughout the United States from 1994 to 1998. A chi(2) analysis was performed on resident statistics from residency review committee report forms.

Results: The percentage of total deliveries performed with forceps during residency was significantly higher among male residents (P <. 0001), as was the percentage of vaginal deliveries performed with forceps during residency (P <.0001). The percentage of overall operative vaginal deliveries (vacuum plus forceps) was significantly higher for male residents (P <.0001); however, the percentage of vacuum deliveries did not vary according to gender of the resident when considered independently.

Conclusion: These results strongly suggest that resident gender affects performance of forceps delivery.

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