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Original Article

Kiwi omnicup handheld versus Mityvac M-style conventional vacuum system: a retrospective observational study

Tal WeissbachDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel; ;Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nasreen Hag-YahiaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel; ;Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Michal OvadiaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel; ;Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Keren Tzadikevitch GeffenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel; ;Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Omer WeitznerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel; ;Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Tal Biron-ShentalDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel; ;Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Pages 3178-3182 | Received 28 Jul 2017, Accepted 08 Aug 2017, Published online: 24 Aug 2017

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