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Clinical Trial
. 1989 May;96(5):537-44.
doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb03252.x.

North Staffordshire/Wigan assisted delivery trial

R Johanson  1 , J Pusey, N Livera, P Jones
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Clinical Trial

North Staffordshire/Wigan assisted delivery trial

R Johanson et al. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1989 May.

Abstract

In a trial conducted at the North Staffordshire and Billinge Maternity Hospitals (NSMH and BMH) a total of 264 women who required an assisted delivery in the second stage of labour were randomly assigned to be delivered either by Kobayashi silicone cup ventouse or by forceps. A larger proportion (90%) of those assigned to the forceps group were actually delivered by the allocated instrument compared to those in the silicone cup group (73%). However, there was a significantly higher rate of maternal morbidity in terms of perineal trauma and discomfort in the forceps group. No differences in neonatal morbidity were detected.

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