FORCEPS APPLICATION
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FORCEPS APPLICATION. Obstetric forceps is a pair of instrument specially designed to assist extraction of the fetal head and there by accomplishing the delivery of the fetus. DEFINITION. Length : 37 cms . Distance : 2.5 cms (in between the tips). Diameter (widest) : 9 cms . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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FORCEPS APPLICATION
DEFINITION
Obstetric forceps is a pair of instrument specially designed to assist extraction of the fetal head and there by accomplishing the delivery of the fetus.
Measurements of long curved obstetrics forceps
1. Length : 37 cms.2. Distance : 2.5 cms (in
between the tips).3. Diameter (widest) : 9 cms.
INDICATIONS
MATERNAL
Inadequate Expulsive Efforts & MATERNAL Exhaustion
Eclampsia
Fetal: Non Assuring FHR.
OTHERS: PROLONGED LABOUR
Confusion
CONTRAINDICATIONS
UTERINE RUPTURE
Hydramnios
Placenta Previa & Abruptio Placentae.
Contracted Pelvis & Lie
Cord prolapse
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS
ASSESSMENT
Sterile
WHO CAN PERFORM
CONSENT
WHERE IT CAN BE PERFORMED
Method
Team work
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