[The diagnostic value of petrous bones in the fetal scalp (author's transl)]

We studied the orientation of the petrous bones in the fetal scalp in 200 X-ray pelvimetries. It is easy to measure the petrous bones' orientation when the fetal scalp is studied with Thoms view. It is possible to measure the height of the head in the pelvis in the lateral view. We have been able to measure asynclitism in flexion using a calculating machine. It seems to us that these findings are useful for the practical conduct of labour and can be of helpful prognostic value.