The Amnioscope Strikes Back as a Useful Device for Pinhole Amniotomy in the Management of Polyhydramnios

• Main Authors: Shinsuke Koyama (Author), Takuji Tomimatsu (Author), Takeshi Kanagawa (Author), Tateki Tsutsui (Author), Tadashi Kimura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Polyhydramnios is associated with many serious maternal complications such as placental abruption or cord prolapse at rupture of membranes, uterine dysfunction at delivery, and postpartum hemorrhage. When considering uterine dysfunction caused by overstretched uterine muscles, active artificial amni...