Woods' screw maneuver

Woods' screw maneuver

Woods' screw maneuver is practiced in Obstetrics when dealing with shoulder dystocia—a condition in which the fetal shoulders cannot easily pass through the vagina. In this maneuver the anterior shoulder is pushed towards the baby's chest, and the posterior shoulder is pushed towards the baby's back, [cite book |last= Kish|first= Karen|coauthors= Joseph V. Collea|editor= Alan H. DeCherney|others= Lauren Nathan|title= Current Obstetric & Gynecologic Diagnosis & Treatment|accessdate= 2008-06-16|accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= Ninth Edition|year= 2003|month= |publisher= Lange/McGraw-Hill|isbn= 0-07-118207-1|pages= 382|chapter= Malpresentation & Cord Prolapse (Chapter 21)] making the baby's head somewhat face the mother's rectum. This maneuver is tried only after the McRoberts maneuver, and application of suprapubic (lower abdomen) pressure have been tried.

See also

* McRoberts maneuver
* Zavanelli maneuver
* Shoulder dystocia
* The mechanics of birth

References

External links

* [http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/laborbirth/a/aa081801a.htm "Shoulder dystocia" from about.com]


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