Duration of Operative Vaginal Delivery and Adverse Obstetric Outcomes
Miller E, Lai Y, Bailit J, Reddy U, Wapner R, Varner M, Thorp J, Leveno K, Caritis S, Prasad M, Tita A, Saade G, Sorokin Y, Rouse D, Blackwell S, Tolosa J. Duration of Operative Vaginal Delivery and Adverse Obstetric Outcomes. American Journal Of Perinatology 2019, 37: 503-510. PMID: 30895577, PMCID: PMC6754310, DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1683439.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComposite adverse neonatal outcomeAdverse neonatal outcomesOperative vaginal deliveryNeonatal outcomesVaginal deliveryMulticenter observational cohortAdverse obstetric outcomesSevere perineal lacerationsObstetric outcomesPerinatal outcomesObservational cohortPerineal lacerationsPrimary cohortForceps applicationPotential confoundersSecondary analysisStrong associationOutcomesWomenCohortDurationDeliveryLacerationConfoundersForceps