Preventing stillbirth from obstructed labor: A sensorized, low-cost device to train in safer operative birth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

98% of stillbirths occur in low- and middle- income countries. Obstructed labor is a common cause for both neonatal and maternal mortality, with a lack of skilled birth attendants one of the main reasons for the reduction in operative vaginal birth, especially in low- and middle- income countries. We introduce a low cost, sensorized, wearable device for digital vaginal examination to facilitate accurate assessment of fetal position and force applied to the fetal head, to aid training in safe operative vaginal birth.

Methods

The device consists of flexible pressure/force sensors mounted onto the fingertips of a surgical glove. Phantoms of the neonatal head were developed to replicate sutures. An Obstetrician tested the device on the phantoms by performing a mock va

SUBMITTER: Jaufuraully S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9922699 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature