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DIGITAL STRIPPING MEMBRANES [1 record]

Record 1 1997-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Obstetric Surgery
DEF

The maneuver of gently pushing away the fetal membranes from their attachment to the cervix during cervicovaginal examination of a pregnant woman at or near term.

OBS

This maneuver is believed by some to be occasionally a means of inducing labor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Chirurgie obstétrique
CONT

Évaluation d'autres techniques obstétricales comme l'amnio-infusion, la rupture artificielle des membranes, le décollement des membranes,l'utilisation des oxytociques.

Spanish

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