Mauriceau maneuver

Mauriceau maneuver
Mauriceau-Smellie-Veit maneuver a method of delivering the aftercoming head in cases of breech presentation: the infant's body rests on the physician's palm and forearm with the index and middle fingers over the maxilla to flex the head while the other hand is placed on the infant's shoulders to apply traction. Called also Smellie method.

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