Ventouse delivery

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Ventouse delivery

Types of cup

• silk

• silastic

• metal (Malstrom)

• posterior (Bird)

Indications

• foetal distress

• maternal distress / exhaustion / raised BP

• delay in second stage

Prerequisites

• Fully dilated

• 0/5 palpable

• Ruptured membranes

• Cephalic presentation

• Empty bladder

• Pain relief / Position known

• Station at or below spines

Complications

• sucked onto wrong tissue - trauma

• haemorrhage

• fetal caput / haematoma / jaundice / alopecia

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