Today forceps deliveries are rare but intervention in childbirth is not. Today, 1 in 3 American mothers gets major surgery to give birth, despite evidence that this rate of intervention is ...

By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Researchers of a new study that looked at more than 1.3 million deliveries in Canada are calling for ...

Her conclusion follows a major quantitative study of 50,000 first births between 2000 and 2005 which showed that induced labours were more likely than spontaneous births to lead to forceps ...

The authors stress that there are circumstances during labour, such as fetal distress, when forceps and vacuum have potential to save lives through saving time compared with a cesarean delivery.

Forceps choice for obstructed labor. BRISTOL, England, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Obstetricians might be too quick to resort to emergency Caesareans instead of choosing forceps-assisted delivery when a ...

Mild facial nerve paralysis caused by the use of forceps during birth generally resolves on its own and does not require treatment, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of ...

The authors conclude that “our findings are important in understanding how best to manage the second stage of labour.” Their conclusion that forceps and episiotomy should not be used to shorten the ...

In Queensland forceps rates are at 3 per cent while they almost 8 per cent in Victoria. In Sydney's west, the forceps rates at the Nepean Hospital have remained at 2 per cent over the past 15 years.

The use of forceps and vacuum delivery tools during labour has resulted in an alarmingly high number of maternal traumas in Canada, such as severe perineal and cervical tears.