Re: Vacuum Extraction

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It depends upon what you are comparing the vacuum delivery to. You can't compare the injuries to a normal vaginal delivery because the vacuum is being utilized cause a normal delivery isn't possible. One would assume that if the vacuum is being used and then is not successful, the alternative is a cesarean section. So then one must compare the risks of vacuum to a cesarean. In this case, a vacuum is certainly safer for the mother than a cesarean.

The same is true of forceps... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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