RT Book, Section
A1 Cunningham, F. Gary
A1 Leveno, Kenneth J.
A1 Dashe, Jodi S.
A1 Hoffman, Barbara L.
A1 Spong, Catherine Y.
A1 Casey, Brian M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1190761305
T1 Operative Vaginal Delivery
T2 Williams Obstetrics, 26e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260462739
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190761305
RD 2024/04/25
AB Operative  vaginal  delivery  (OVD)  is  birth  accomplished  with  assistance  from  forceps  or  a  vacuum-cup  device.  Once  these  are  applied  to  the  fetal  head,  outward  traction  generates  forces  that  augment  maternal  pushing  to  deliver  the  fetus.