X-RAY PELVIMETRY IN CLINICAL OBSTETRICS

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  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 56  (3) , 296-300
Abstract
X-ray pelvimetry was used in obstetrics for over 80 yr, but its clinical usefulness remains uncertain. Review of 101 consecutive X-ray pelvimetries obtained by Brown''s modification of the Colcher-Sussman technique demonstrated the anteroposterior measurements to be of no value in predicting the eventual method of delivery. A transverse of the inlet of less than 13.0 cm and a transverse of the midpelvis of less than 10.0 cm were each associated with an increased frequency of operative delivery. In 94 cases no new information was obtained by X-ray pelvimetry; in the other 7 patients the information obtained was equally accessible by either ultrasonography or abdominal scout film. X-ray pelvimetry by the technique mentioned above apparently has very limited usefulness in clinical obstetrics.

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