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The place of the vacuum extractor in modern obstetric practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Aldo Vacca
Aldo Vacca*
Affiliation:
Mater Misericordiae Mothers' Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
*
Aldo Vacca, Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mater Misericordiae Mothers' Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
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Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 103 - 122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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