Research Article Forceps, Actual Use, and Potential Cesarean Section Prevention: Study in a Selected Mexican Population

Copyright © 2015 Rodrigo Ayala-Yáñez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. Assessment of the frequency of complications observed with various forceps and operative vaginal delivery (OVD) techniques performed at the ABC Medical Center (Mexico City) to evaluate their safety, bearing in mind the importance of decreasing our country’s high cesarean section incidence.Methods. We reviewed 5,375 deliveries performed between the years 2007 and 2012, only 146 were delivered byOVD. Results. Only 1.0 % of the cases had a serious, life-threatening situation (uterine rupture). The Simpson forceps was the most favored instrument (46%) due to its simplicity of use, effectiveness, and familiarity. Prophylactic use was the most common indication (30.8%) and significant complications observed were vaginal lacerations