Outcomes of the novel Odon Device in indicated operative vaginal birth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No new method of assisting vaginal birth has been introduced into clinical practice since the development of the vacuum extractor in the 1950s. The Odon Device is a new device that employs a circumferential air cuff over the fetal head to assist birth. In this study, the Odon Device has been used to assist vaginal birth for standard clinical indications.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the clinical impact, safety, and acceptability of the Odon Device to women, their babies, and clinicians and to assess the feasibility of recruiting women to an interventional intrapartum research study.

Study design

This is a nonrandomized, single-arm interventional feasibility study of the Odon Device for operative vaginal birth undertaken in a single maternity un

SUBMITTER: Hotton EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8192738 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature