Re: OB: Bladder Flap flap

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Thu Jul 17 18:07:05 2003


In a message dated 7/17/03 13:04:18, Terrence.Jones@kp.org writes:

>
> Just trying to get the whole picture. The incision is made. The arm of the
> baby is now handing you its cord. The assistant is able to push the head
> upward. Suction is broken as the delivering hand meets the assistant's at the
> vertex. Flexion is accomplished. Despite every effort to elevate without
> "breaking the wrist" (as mentioned by another - abducting with flexing forward and
> facing cross-table); rotation when ears are visible; and reduction, below the
> vtx - there is now an eight cm vertical extension into the parametria and the
> ureter is now bathed in heme. This is the "apple" to which i'm referring. So
> - You reach in and grab the legs. Someone says they've seen femoral fractures
> with this appraoch. You suggest such fractures may be related to technique?
> Here's where i'm a bit lost.
>

I remember that they were talking about the various misadventures of the stuck head, and I merely commented that instead of going all out to get the head UP, you can try to reach up and get the feet and pull the baby out that way. I think once you've broken the suction and have a hand down in there, you keep on going for it. Some have used a single Barton forcep to lever the head out (Megison, Green Journal, few and sundry years ago). Some can stick a vacuum on it. Whatever . . . .

I was only commenting on the head the is DOWN there and difficult to get at anyway. So I guess I was talking about oranges.

Joe P.





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