title: Decision-to-delivery interval for instrumental vaginal deliveries: vacuum extraction versus forceps.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess the decision-to-delivery interval for forceps delivery and vacuum extraction.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of all instrumental deliveries over a 1-year period in a delivery ward of a university tertiary health care facility was performed. The decision-to-delivery interval was compared between forceps delivery and vacuum extraction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The decision-to-delivery interval was 8.6+/-5.4 and 13.8+/-6.2 min for forceps and vacuum deliveries, respectively (P=0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It appears that it is quicker to accomplish forceps delivery than vacuum extraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel. drslurie@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lurie
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glezerman
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baider
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sadan
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007746:Labor Presentation; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D009772:Obstetrical Forceps; D036801:Parturition; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014620:Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical