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Intrapartum Sonography Dystocia, from Diagnosis to Operative Delivery: Use of the Right Tool at the Right Time

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Abstract

The eutocic labor and subsequent delivery is the result of a series of maternal and fetal changes that occur in a specific temporal sequence. Overtime, different factors will play each a fundamental role: onset and maintenance of uterine contraction (with a specific pattern of frequency, intensity and duration), cervical remodeling, cervical dilatation, fetal head position, fetal head flexion, fetal head passage and progression into the maternal pelvis, proportion between fetal head and maternal pelvis diameters, formation of caput and excessive molding, and tone and activity of maternal pelvic musculature [1, 2].

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Barbera, A.F. (2021). Intrapartum Sonography Dystocia, from Diagnosis to Operative Delivery: Use of the Right Tool at the Right Time. In: Malvasi, A. (eds) Intrapartum Ultrasonography for Labor Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57595-3_30

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