title: Odon device: a promising tool to facilitate vaginal delivery and increase access to emergency care.
abstract: The last innovation in operative vaginal delivery happened centuries ago with the invention of the forceps and the vacuum extractor. The World Health Organization Odon Device Research Group recently published a protocol for a feasibility and safety study for a new device (Odon device) which aims to revolutionize assisted vaginal delivery. This editorial discusses the device and its pathway to global use. Although preliminary results look promising, the rigorous three-phased WHO protocol needs completion before the device can be determined, based on the evidence, to be safe and effective.
authors: Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. jrequejo@jhsph.edu
authors: Jennifer Harris
authors: JH
authors: Requejo
authors: José M
authors: JM
authors: Belizán
mesh_terms: D004869:Equipment Safety; D005113:Extraction, Obstetrical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy
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