Obstetric forceps or vacuum extractor.

Pendulun Leverage of the Obstetric Forceps

Removal of broken fragment of biopsy forceps with magnetic extractor.

Transbronchial lung biopsy performed on a 51-year-old woman for the evaluation of nodular densities with cavities in the bilateral apical areas was complicated by the breakage of the biopsy forceps. The broken fragment of the forceps was successfully retrieved by use of the magnetic extractor through a fiberoptic bronchoscope under fluoroscopic guidance.

Five Years' Experience with the Vacuum Extractor.

The Chamberlen family (1560-1728) and obstetric forceps.

The invention of obstetrics forceps in the 17th century represented a critically important technical advance in the management of childbirth. It was particularly timely in that the new disease, rickets, was becoming widespread and with it, dystocia due to pelvic deformity. The story of the forceps is bound up with five generations of the Chamberlen family (fig 1). Peter Chamberlen, later known ...

Clinical review Forceps delivery in modern obstetric practice

Global increases in rates of caesarean section show no sign of abating. The US National Center for Health Statistics reported that deliveries by caesarean section in 2001 had increased to almost a quarter, the highest level since 1989. A similar rate was observed in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 2000. The greatest increases and variation between institutions are seen among first time ...