Objective: Vaginal examination is widely used to assess the progress of labor; however, it is
subjective and poorly reproducible. We aim to assess the feasibility and accuracy of …

Objective To test the null hypothesis that no correlation exists between transvaginal digital
and the gold standard technique of transabdominal suprapubic ultrasound assessments of …

Objective: To investigate the accuracy of intrapartum transvaginal digital examination in
defining the position of the fetal head. Patients and methods: In 496 singleton pregnancies …

OBJECTIVE: Precise determination of fetal head position in labor is a prerequisite for safe
instrumental deliveries, and essential for the assessment of labor progress. Recent studies …

Objective: To assess the feasibility of transabdominal ultrasound for determining fetal head
position in laboring women and compare it to digital examination, and to study …

Introduction. Recent evidence indicates that clinical examination, for determination of fetal
head position, is subjective and inaccurate. Present study was aimed to compare …

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Editor Ultrasound in labor: is it time for a more simplified approach? The use of …

The last step of a successful pregnancy is the safe delivery of the fetus. An important
question is if the delivery should vaginal or operative. In addition to the use of conventional …

Objective To test the null hypothesis that no correlation exists between transvaginal digital
examination compared with the gold standard technique of transabdominal suprapubic …

Background The traditional approach to the assessment of labor progress is by digital
vaginal examination; however, it is subjective and imprecise. Recent studies have …