The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . FiG. 750.—Persistent Occipito-pos-terior Position. FETAL DYSTOCIA FROM FAULTY POSITION. 547 HEAD MOULDING IN PERSISTENT OC-CIPITO-POSTERIOR pression or premature separation of the placenta; cerebral compression, andpressure on the cord. In my 89 cases already referred to, the maternal mortality was 3 cases, percent. Regarding the fetal prognosis, 79, or per cent., lived; 7, percent., were still-bom; and theresult for 3, or per cent., was notrecorded. In the 89 cases
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . FiG. 750.—Persistent Occipito-pos-terior Position. FETAL DYSTOCIA FROM FAULTY POSITION. 547 HEAD MOULDING IN PERSISTENT OC-CIPITO-POSTERIOR pression or premature separation of the placenta; cerebral compression, andpressure on the cord. In my 89 cases already referred to, the maternal mortality was 3 cases, percent. Regarding the fetal prognosis, 79, or per cent., lived; 7, percent., were still-bom; and theresult for 3, or per cent., was notrecorded. In the 89 cases referred toabove, the method of delivery was bynatural forces in 43 cases; forceps in41; version in 2 ; craniotomy in i case,and symphyseotomy in i case. Treatment. — Prophylactic : Thepreventive treatment of this quitecommon and serious complication oflabor promises very little indeed, be-cause we are unable to remedy theanatomical cause of the conditionfound in the fetus, pelvis, or maternalsoft parts. When the diagnosis of oc-cipito-posterior position is made inpregnancy, it has been proposed thatthe more favorable anterior positionshall be obtained by external manipu-lation through the anterior abdominalwall. This is a refinement
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