{"title":"Review of obstetric operative intervention rates.","authors":"A J Foote, W B Giles","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The trends in obstetric operative intervention at a major teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, were reviewed during the decade 1979-1989. While the caesarean section rate has increased by 36.4%, forceps deliveries have decreased. The normal delivery rate has remained constant at 67%.</p>","PeriodicalId":8557,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"18 3","pages":"195-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asia-Oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The trends in obstetric operative intervention at a major teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, were reviewed during the decade 1979-1989. While the caesarean section rate has increased by 36.4%, forceps deliveries have decreased. The normal delivery rate has remained constant at 67%.