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The use of forceps (see forceps, obstetric) to ease out the baby’s head during a difficult birth (see childbirth). Forceps delivery is used if

the mother is unable to push out her baby unaided, or if the baby is showing signs of fetal distress. Forceps are also used to control the head once the body has been delivered in breech delivery to prevent too rapid a birth.An episiotomy (making of a cut in the perineum) is usually needed for a forceps delivery. Recovery and care for mother and child is usually the same as after a vaginal delivery.

Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association

Delivery

The ?nal expulsion of the child in the act of birth. (See PREGNANCY AND LABOUR.)... delivery

Forceps

Surgical instruments with a pincer-like action which are used, for example, during operations, for grasping tissues and other materials. There are many di?erent designs for di?erent uses.

Obstetric forceps are designed to ?t around the infant’s head and allow traction to be applied to aid its delivery or to protect the soft skull of a very premature baby. (See PREGNANCY AND LABOUR.)... forceps

Breech Delivery

See BREECH PRESENTATION.... breech delivery

Health Care Delivery System

See “health system”.... health care delivery system

Integrated Delivery System / Integrated Services Network (isn)

A network of organizations, usually including hospitals and medical practitioner groups, that provides or arranges to provide a coordinated continuum of services to a defined population and is held both clinically and financially accountable for the outcomes in the populations served.... integrated delivery system / integrated services network (isn)

Organized Delivery System

See “integrated delivery system”.... organized delivery system

Forceps, Obstetric

Surgical instruments that are used in forceps delivery to deliver the head of a baby in a difficult labour. Obstetric forceps consist of 2 blades that can be locked together and that cup the baby’s head.... forceps, obstetric

Home Delivery

see community midwife.... home delivery

Kielland’s Forceps

obstetric forceps used to rotate a baby whose head is presenting in the occipitoposterior or occipitotransverse position (see occiput). Potentially dangerous, when carefully used under regional anaesthesia they can achieve a controlled atraumatic delivery. [C. Kielland (20th century), Norwegian obstetrician]... kielland’s forceps

Magill’s Forceps

long angled forceps for use with a *laryngoscope in removing foreign bodies from the mouth and throat of an unconscious patient. [Sir I. V. Magill (1888–1975), British anaesthetist]... magill’s forceps

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