Placenta Removal: A Safer Method After Caesareans
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 23:07
in Health & Medicine
In Caesarean deliveries the placenta is usually removed by hand or by a technique known as 'cord traction'. A recent systematic review by Cochrane researchers shows that cord traction poses less risk to the mother than manual removal.
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