The acceptability and feasibility of a randomised trial exploring approaches to managing impacted fetal head during emergency caesarean section: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Gabriella Romano (Author), Susan Ayers (Author), Georgina Constantinou (Author), Eleanor J. Mitchell (Author), Rachel Plachcinski (Author), Natalie Wakefield (Author), Kate F. Walker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Caesarean sections (CS) account for 26% of all births in the UK, of which at least 5% are done at full dilatation, in the second stage of labour. Second stage CS may be complicated by the fetal head being deeply impacted in the maternal pelvis, requiring specialist skills to achi...