Vaginal delivery from the persistent occiput posterior position: influence on maternal and neonatal morbidity

ML Pearl, JM Roberts, RK Laros… - … & Gynecological Survey, 1994 - journals.lww.com
Management of Labor, Delivery, and the Puerperium eries from the OP position among
13,548 term, singleton, vaginal deliveries at the University of California, San Fran-cisco …

Occipitoposterior position: associated factors and obstetric outcome in nulliparas

AR Sizer, DM Nirmal - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: To determine factors associated with term delivery in the occipitoposterior position
and examine obstetric outcomes from that delivery position in nulliparas. Methods: We did a …

Manual rotation to reduce caesarean delivery in persistent occiput posterior or transverse position

BL Shaffer, YW Cheng, JE Vargas… - The Journal of Maternal …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. To examine mode of delivery and perinatal outcomes in women with occiput
posterior (OP) or transverse (OT) position in the second stage of labour with a trial of manual …

Investigation of occiput posterior delivery by intrapartum sonography

S Akmal, E Tsoi, R Howard, E Osei… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate if occiput posterior delivery is the consequence of persistence of an
initial occiput posterior position or malrotation from an initial occiput anterior or transverse …

Manual rotation of the fetal occiput: predictors of success and delivery

BL Shaffer, YW Cheng, JE Vargas, RK Laros Jr… - American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to define predictors of successful rotation and
rate of cesarean delivery after manual rotation of the fetal occiput from occiput posterior or …

Persistent occiput posterior presentation-a clinical problem

M Gardberg, M Tuppurainen - Acta obstetricia et gynecologica …, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
In order to find out how often labor is complicated by persistent occiput posterior
position,(OPP), and how it affects the course and outcome of labor, the records of 3648 …

Does occiput posterior position in the second stage of labour increase the operative delivery rate?

WJ Carseldine, H Phipps, SF Zawada… - Australian and New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To assess the impact of occipito‐posterior position in the second stage of labour
on operative delivery. Methods Double‐blinded prospective cohort study of ultrasound …

Digital rotation from occipito-posterior to occipito-anterior decreases the need for cesarean section

O Reichman, E Gdansky, B Latinsky, S Labi… - European Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to study prospectively the efficacy of digital rotation in
reducing the prevalence of persistent occipito-posterior position (POP) and its …

The “occiput–spine angle”: a new sonographic index of fetal head deflexion during the first stage of labor

T Ghi, F Bellussi, C Azzarone, J Krsmanovic… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Fetal head “attitude”(relationship of fetal head to spine) in the first stage of labor
may have a substantial impact on labor outcome. The diagnosis of fetal head deflexion …

Randomized controlled trial of hands‐and‐knees positioning for occipitoposterior position in labor

R Stremler, E Hodnett, P Petryshen, B Stevens… - Birth, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Hands‐and‐knees positioning during labor has been recommended on the
theory that gravity and buoyancy may promote fetal head rotation to the anterior position and …