TRAUMATIC INTRACRANIAL HAEMORRHAGE IN FIRSTBORN INFANTS AND DELIVERY WITH OBSTETRIC FORCEPS

1 June 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Vol. 88 (6) , 577-581
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01211.x

Abstract

Exclusive of breech presentation, traumatic intracranial hemorrhage was demonstrated at necropsy on 27 occasions in 36,420 consecutive firstborn [human] infants. All 27 were forceps deliveries. Serious injury to the forecoming head at birth is almost invariably a direct effect of forceps. The relevance of this conclusion to some aspects of contemporary obstetric practice is discussed.

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