TY - JOUR AU - García-Mejido, José A AU - Fernández-Palacín, Ana AU - Bonomi Barby, María J AU - Castro, Laura AU - Aquise, Adriana AU - Sainz, José A PY - 2019 DO - 10.1111/aogs.13544 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13460 T2 - Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica AB - Forceps delivery is associated with a high rate of levator ani muscle (LAM) trauma (avulsion) at 35%-65% whereas data on avulsion rates after vacuum delivery vary greatly. Nevertheless, a common characteristic of all previous studies carried out to... LA - en KW - forceps delivery KW - levator ani muscle KW - ultrasound transperineal (three-dimensional) KW - vacuum delivery KW - Adult KW - Comparative Effectiveness Research KW - Delivery, Obstetric KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Obstetric Labor Complications KW - Obstetrical Forceps KW - Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care KW - Patient Selection KW - Pelvic Floor KW - Pregnancy KW - Risk Factors KW - Soft Tissue Injuries KW - Spain KW - Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical TI - A comparable rate of levator ani muscle injury in operative vaginal delivery (forceps and vacuum) according to the characteristics of the instrumentation. TY - research article VL - 98 ER -