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[Maternal morbidity after Thierry's spatulas and vacuum deliveries]
J-P Menard1, M Provansal, H Heckenroth
1Service de gynécologie et obstétrique, hôpital de la Conception, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), 147, boulevard Baille, 13775 Marseille cedex 5, France.
Objective:
To compare maternal morbidity after Thierry's spatulas or vacuum-assisted deliveries.
Patients And Methods:
Retrospective study, at the French hospital la Conception, in Marseilles. All successful instrumental deliveries between November 2003 and May 2005 were reviewed, that is to say 264. Univariate and multivariate analysis were performed comparing maternal morbidity in the two groups. The primary outcome measure was perineal trauma. Secondary outcomes were blood loss and duration of hospitalization.
Results:
Among the 264 deliveries, there were 96 vacuum deliveries and 168 Thierry's spatulas extraction. Thierry's spatulas were use more often in nulliparous patient (<0.001). Patients in the group of Thierry's spatulas have a higher rate of epidural analgesia (p=0.05), a longer duration of first (p=0.002) and second stage of labor (p=0.03). There was no difference in incidence of sphincter tears between women who underwent Thierry's spatulas and those who underwent vacuum delivery with respective incidence of 4.2 and 3.2% (p=0.67). There was a significant difference in post-partum hemoglobin value with a higher blood loss in the group of Thierry's spatulas (<0.001). Mean duration of hospitalization was longer in the group with Thierry's spatulas (5.6 days) than in the group who underwent vacuum delivery (4.7 days) (p<0.001).
Discussion And Conclusion:
Incidence of third degree tears was similar between the vacuum and Thierry's spatulas group. Deliveries with vacuum are associated with less blood loss and a shorter hospitalization stay.
