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Operative Vaginal Birth: A Modern Appraisal

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When birth needs to be expedited, operative vaginal birth can improve outcomes for mothers and their babies. Its safe use requires accurate clinical assessment, skilled use of instruments, anticipation of potential complications and good communication. Training can improve all of these elements and reduce preventable harm.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK

    Stephen O’Brien BMBS, Anna Denereaz BM & Tim Draycott MD

  2. Academic Women’s Health Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Tyndall’s Avenue, Bristol, UK

    Stephen O’Brien BMBS, Anna Denereaz BM & Tim Draycott MD

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Santa Maria Hospital, GVM Care and Research, Bari, Italy

    Antonio Malvasi MD

  4. The International Translational Medicine and Biomodelling Research Group, Department of Applied Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Moscow, Russia

    Antonio Malvasi MD

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Experimental Endoscopic Surgery, Imaging, Technology and Minimally Invasive Therapy, Vito Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy

    Andrea Tinelli MD, PhD

  6. Laboratory of Human Physiology, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia

    Andrea Tinelli MD, PhD

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    Antonio Malvasi

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    Andrea Tinelli

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O’Brien, S., Denereaz, A., Malvasi, A., Tinelli, A., Draycott, T. (2017). Operative Vaginal Birth: A Modern Appraisal. In: Malvasi, A., Tinelli, A., Di Renzo, G. (eds) Management and Therapy of Late Pregnancy Complications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48732-8_9

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