# Hand Forceps vs. Conventional One-hand Technique for Fetal Head Extraction During Cesarean Section

> **NCT04159857** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **The Reading Hospital and Medical Center** · enrollment: 52 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Pregnancy Related
- Delivery Complication
- Cesarean Delivery Affecting Fetus

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Fetal head extraction technique during the cesarean section

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04159857
- **Lead sponsor:** The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2020-01-28
- **Primary completion:** 2022-12
- **Final completion:** 2022-12
- **Target enrollment:** 52 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2022-04-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04159857

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04159857, "Hand Forceps vs. Conventional One-hand Technique for Fetal Head Extraction During Cesarean Section". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04159857. Licensed CC0.

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