J Med Assoc Thai 1999; 82 (4):319

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Neonatal and Maternal Complications Among Pregnant Women Delivered by Vacuum Extraction or Forceps Extraction
Kovavisarach E Mail, Varanuntakul T

A historical cohort study was used to analyse the maternal and neonatal complications
among pregnant women delivered by vacuum or forceps extraction at Rajavithi Hospital, 1994.
The maternal complications (third and fourth degree of perineal tear and postpartum hemorrhage)
were statisically significant more often in the forceps group than in the vacuum extraction
group. But fetal complications (neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, low Apgar scores (

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