title: [The "narrow pelvis". Disproportion as a cause of complications for mother and infant during labor (author's transl)].
abstract: The modern examination methods for the recognition and supervision of high risk births in the area of perinatology have led to a real decrease in newborn morbity and mortality. Since, however, optimal conditions have not been reached at present, there is an urgent need for a wide reaching intensification of prospective diagnostic measures. The early recognition of disturbances in the mechanism of labor is the most important. The author shows on the basis of the most recent literature and his own experience that, even today, factors involved with the mechanics of labor play a chief role in disturbances during the course of labor which have unfavorable effects on the infant as well as the mother. The various irregularities were discussed in detail and supported with statistics. The importance of pelvic roentgenographic diagnosis was discussed in a separate section. The tremendous gains for mother and infant resulting from clarification were compared with the cited, but not confirmed, damage caused by these measures.
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007746:Labor Presentation; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control; D010387:Pelvimetry; D010388:Pelvis / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Das "Enge Becken". Das Missverhältnis als Ursache für Geburtsverlaufskomplikationen für Mutter und Kind