Arrest of Descent in the Second Stage of Labor – Incidence, Labor Outcomes, and Predictors of Cesarean Section: A Retrospective Case–Control Study in a Secondary Care Setting

Arrest of Descent in the Second Stage of Labor – Incidence, Labor Outcomes, and Predictors of Cesarean Section: A Retrospective Case–Control Study in a Secondary Care Setting

Background: Arrest of descent is the failure of active descent of the fetal head in the second stage for over 1 h, resulting in either an instrumental delivery or a second-stage cesarean section (CS) which is known to be associated with increased maternal and perinatal complications. Methodology: Th...

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Main Authors: Tobey Ann Marcus, D. Anita Shirley, Shalini Jeyapaul, Venkata Raghava Mohan, Anne George Cherian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-07-01
Series:Current Medical Issues
Subjects:
arrest of descent
instrumental delivery
low-resource settings
secondary care setting
second-stage cesarean delivery
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/cmi.cmi_10_25
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