Background Routine vaginal examinations are undertaken at regular time intervals during
labour to assess whether labour is progressing as expected. Unusually slow progress can …

Intrapartum ultrasonography serves as a valuable tool for the objective evaluation of labor
progression and effectively identifies underlying factors, such as asynclitism, in cases of …

Introduction Intrapartum ultrasound (IU) is used in the delivery ward; even if IU monitors the
labouring women, it could be perceived as a discomfort and even as an “obstetric violence” …

BACKGROUND Poor outcomes from operative vaginal birth have been associated with
failure to recognize malposition, breakdown in interdisciplinary communication, and …

Introduction Digital vaginal examination (DVE) is considered the standard of care for
assessing labor progress and cervical dilatation. However, it may be painful and is a …

Background Digital transvaginal examination of fetal head progression is subjective
evaluation with many limitations. Using ultrasound (US) in the assessment of labor …

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility, reliability, and agreement of serial transperineal
ultrasound (TPU) assessment of fetal head station (parasagittal angle of progression …

Objective To prove the potentialities of an integrated and sensorized childbirth platform as
an innovative simulator for education of inexperienced gynecological and obstetrical …

Low-resource settings have the highest incidence of maternal and perinatal mortality (99%),
with nearly half of them resulting from intrapartum complications. Due to inadequate access …

To describe the mobility of the anterior pelvic compartment and hiatal enlargement
measures in pregnancy with urinary stress incontinence complaints and their relation to the …