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Intrapartum Sonography: Role in the Operative Vaginal Delivery (OVD)

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Nowadays, OVD is commonly performed worldwide, with obvious differences related with geographical areas, different clinical settings and sources, professional training, and confidence to perform an operative vaginal delivery. Sometimes a cesarean section at full dilatation can be more hazardous for the couple mother-baby, and thus it is imperative to maintain OVD as a safe delivery option when all needed criteria are respected.

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    Valentina Tosto, Graziano Clerici, Konstantsa Neykova, Irene Giardina & Gian Carlo Di Renzo

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Tosto, V., Clerici, G., Neykova, K., Giardina, I., Di Renzo, G.C. (2021). Intrapartum Sonography: Role in the Operative Vaginal Delivery (OVD). In: Malvasi, A. (eds) Intrapartum Ultrasonography for Labor Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57595-3_29

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