Among patients who undergo forceps-assisted vaginal delivery, obesity does not appear to be associated with increased risk for complications such as injuries to the anal sphincter or the need for ...

When a woman has difficulties in the second, or pushing, stage of labour, the doctor can use forceps or a vacuum pump to pull the baby through the birth canal. That practice, however, has fallen out ...

When your doctor uses forceps during birth, it’s usually to guide your baby safely out when labour has slowed, or the baby’s position makes pushing difficult. While this tool can be life-saving in ...

A new population-based cohort study of more than 500,000 births in British Columbia offers reassuring evidence about the long-term safety of cesarean delivery and assisted vaginal delivery (with ...

The first randomized controlled trial of forceps-assisted cannulation during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has shown that this technique can significantly improve the success ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Babies who undergo a difficult birth and are delivered using forceps are more likely to develop problems such as aggression during childhood compared with those born by Caesarean ...