Nägele's obliquity is the presentation of the anterior parietal bone to the birth canal during vaginal delivery with the biparietal diameter being oblique to the brim of the pelvis.[1] The synonym for this presentation is anterior asynclitism.[2] It was first described in 1777 by German Karl Nägele.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Naegele obliquity | definition of Naegele obliquity by Medical dictionary". medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- ^ "Anterior asynclitism definition | Drugs.com". drugs.com. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
- ^ The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary. W.B. Saunders Company. 1916. p. 694; digitized by The Ohio State University
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Mosby (2016). Mosby's Medical Dictionary. p. 1191. ISBN 9780323414258.
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