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Original Article

Perinatal outcomes of vacuum assisted versus cesarean deliveries for prolonged second stage of delivery at termFootnote*

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Pages 886-889 | Received 17 Apr 2016, Accepted 15 May 2016, Published online: 08 Jun 2016
 

Abstract

Introduction: To compare perinatal outcomes of interventions for prolonged second stage of labor.

Materials and methods: Retrospective cohort study, in a single, university-affiliate, medical center (2007–2014). Eligibility: singleton gestations at term, diagnosed with prolonged second stage of labor and head station of S + 1 and lower. We compared perinatal outcomes of cesarean deliveries (CD) with vacuum assisted deliveries (VAD).

Results: Of 62 102 deliveries, 3449 (5.6%) were eligible: 356 (10.3%) underwent CD and 3093 (89.7%) underwent VAD. The rate of five-minute Apgar scores <7 was higher in the CD group as well as rates of NICU admission, neonatal asphyxia and composite neonatal adverse outcome. After adjusting for different confounders, CD was associated with adverse neonatal composite outcome (aOR 1.57, 95% CI 1.21–2.05, p = 0.001) and VAD with cephalhematoma (aOR 4.06, 95% CI 2.64–6.25, p < 0.001). No other differences were found between the groups with regards to other traumatic outcomes.

Conclusion: Our data suggests that in deliveries complicated by prolonged second stage, CD yield poorer neonatal outcome than VAD, with no apparent major difference in traumatic composite outcome.

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Mrs. Inbar Dabach-Alush of the computer department for her kind assistance.

Ethical approval

This study was approved by the Local Institutional Board (The Helsinki Committee of Rabin Medical Center) on September 2013, Registration number 0440-13-RMC.

Declaration of interest

All authors report no conflicts of interests or any kind of funding.

Notes

* Paper presentation information: The abstract of this manuscript was presented as poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine in Tel-Aviv, Israel, November 2015.

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