A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 224.—Face presentation, chin posterior ; enormous elongation of neck. Prognosis.—The fetal mortality of face presentations is 13 to15 per cent. The maternal mortality rises from less than 1 percent, in all labors to 6 percent, or over, if one takes into accountcases of anterior and posterior positions and those which aremismanaged or neglected in general practice. Treatment.—If the chin is directed well forward of the trans-verse diameter of the pelvis, the labor may require no inter-ference. In posterior positions of the chin, however, thecase is always difficu
A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 224.—Face presentation, chin posterior ; enormous elongation of neck. Prognosis.—The fetal mortality of face presentations is 13 to15 per cent. The maternal mortality rises from less than 1 percent, in all labors to 6 percent, or over, if one takes into accountcases of anterior and posterior positions and those which aremismanaged or neglected in general practice. Treatment.—If the chin is directed well forward of the trans-verse diameter of the pelvis, the labor may require no inter-ference. In posterior positions of the chin, however, thecase is always difficult, and demands active treatment. Beforelabor begins, <»r in its early stages, the face presentation may be ABNORMALITIES IN MECHANISM. 375. Fig. 225.—Face presei
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