A preliminary quantification of the clinical gesture during vacuum assisted delivery on a training dummy.
biomechanical · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2023.106093.
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Abstract
The vacuum assisted delivery represents, in France, the most used operative vaginal delivery technique. The purpose was to provide a preliminar quantification of the operator's hand kinematics while performing a vacuum assisted delivery. A group of 21 participants composed of 12 trainees and 9 obstetricians were recorded performing a vacuum assisted delivery on a training dummy, the matching fetal presentation was a left occiput anterior position. The mean movement was composed of a first phase corresponding to a descendant pull, followed by an ascendant finish of the gesture. No significative difference were found between the trainees and the obstetricians' mean gesture. This is the first quantification of the clinical gesture associated with the vacuum assisted delivery.
Medical subject headings
- Gestures
- Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical
- Hand