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Re: Episiotomy question From: westsidebirthservice@juno.com ("westsidebirthservice@juno.com") Mon Feb 18 17:41:07 2008 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Raymond Stephen: "Re: Episiotomy question" Previous message: allanho@aol.com: "Re: Episiotomy question" Next in thread: Meenan, Anna: "Re: Episiotomy question" Reply: Meenan, Anna: "Re: Episiotomy question" Maybe Ina May should answer this--since she didn't invent the maneuver--this is now the "correct" term, but is recent. So, what constitutes the correct term? Louana -- Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el@lisse.na> wrote: I prefer the correct term, which is the "Gaskin Maneuver". el On Feb 18, 2008, at 22:55, Meenan, Anna wrote: > Actually John, in the original descriptions in the American medical > literature, there is no mention of knee-chest. > > Meenan AL, Gaskin IM, Hunt P, Ball C. A New (Old) Maneuver for the > Management of Shoulder Dystocia. Journal of Family Practice, 1991, > 32:625-629. > > Bruner JP, Drummond JSB, Meenan AL, Gaskin IM. All-Fours Maneuver > for Reducing Shoulder Dystocia During Labor. Journal of > Reproductive Medicine 1998, 43:439-443 > > Correct me if I'm wrong, Ina May, but I recall reading somewhere > that you had stated that you preferred the term "All-4's maneuver" > as it is more descriptive in an emergency for someone who is not > familiar with the maneuver. The rest of us just think it's cool > that a life-saving obstetrical maneuver has been named after a > licensed professional midwife. > > Anna Meenan, MD > Maybe Ina May should answer this--since she didn't invent the maneuver--this is now the "correct" term, but is recent. So, what constitutes the correct term? Louana -- Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el@lisse.na> wrote: I prefer the correct term, which is the "Gaskin Maneuver". el On Feb 18, 2008, at 22:55, Meenan, Anna wrote: > Actually John, in the original descriptions in the American medical   > literature, there is no mention of knee-chest. > > Meenan AL, Gaskin IM, Hunt P, Ball C. A New (Old) Maneuver for the   > Management of Shoulder Dystocia.  Journal of Family Practice, 1991,   > 32:625-629. > > Bruner JP, Drummond JSB, Meenan AL, Gaskin IM.  All-Fours Maneuver   > for Reducing Shoulder Dystocia During Labor.  Journal of   > Reproductive Medicine 1998, 43:439-443 > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, Ina May, but I recall reading somewhere   > that you had stated that you preferred the term "All-4's maneuver"   > as it is more descriptive in an emergency for someone who is not   > familiar with the maneuver.  The rest of us just think it's cool   > that a life-saving obstetrical maneuver has been named after a   > licensed professional midwife. > > > Anna Meenan, MD > Next message: Raymond Stephen: "Re: Episiotomy question" Previous message: allanho@aol.com: "Re: Episiotomy question" Next in thread: Meenan, Anna: "Re: Episiotomy question" Reply: Meenan, Anna: "Re: Episiotomy question"

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