Forceps and vacuum deliveries are relatively rare, occurring in just 3% of vaginal births. In these “assisted” deliveries, your healthcare practitioner uses either a vacuum device or forceps to help ...

A healthy baby died from severe brain injuries after an obstetrician crushed his skull with forceps during a series of ...

A newborn boy is dead after suffering a brain hemorrhage during a bungled forceps delivery. Tiny Frederick Terry also ...

Dr Premila Thampi, a 62-year-old consultant gynaecologist, was suspended after she was accused of bullying a mother into agreeing to the use of dorceps as she was giving birth to her first child at an ...

Among patients who undergo forceps-assisted vaginal delivery, obesity does not appear to be associated with increased risk for complications such as injuries to the anal sphincter or the need for ...