"Obstetrical Forceps" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical instrument designed to extract the newborn by the head from the maternal passages without injury to it or the mother.
| Descriptor ID |
D009772
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.858.700.650
|
| Concept/Terms |
Obstetrical Forceps- Obstetrical Forceps
- Forcep, Obstetrical
- Forceps, Obstetrical
- Obstetrical Forcep
- Obstetric Forceps
- Forcep, Obstetric
- Forceps, Obstetric
- Obstetric Forcep
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Obstetrical Forceps".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Obstetrical Forceps".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Obstetrical Forceps" by people in this website by year, and whether "Obstetrical Forceps" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Obstetrical Forceps" by people in Profiles.
-
Yamasato K, Kimata C, Chern I, Clappier M, Burlingame J. Complications of operative vaginal delivery and provider volume and experience. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Nov; 34(21):3568-3573.
-
Fong A, Wu E, Pan D, Chung JH, Ogunyemi DA. Temporal trends and morbidities of vacuum, forceps, and combined use of both. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2014 Dec; 27(18):1886-91.
-
Ross MG, Beall MH. Cervical neck dislocation associated with the Zavanelli maneuver. Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Sep; 108(3 Pt 2):737-8.