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Original Article

Choosing between bad, worse and worst: what is the preferred mode of delivery for failure of the second stage of labor?*

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Pages 1861-1864 | Received 02 Jun 2016, Accepted 21 Aug 2016, Published online: 14 Sep 2016

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