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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun;117(6):1272–1278. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31821a12c9

Table 4.

Outcomes of Obstetric Maneuvers

Rate of Success with a Particular Maneuver
Maneuver Total
N
N with order documented First Second Third Fourth Fifth+ P-value' Overall P-value
McRoberts 1679 1123 (66.9%) 213/918 (23.2%) 49/186 (26.3%) 11/19 (57.9%) -- -- 0.0067 273/1123 (24.3%) <0.001
Suprapubic pressure 1386 875 (63.1%) 58/116 (50.0%) 406/635 (63.9%) 74/116 (63.8%) 6/8 (75.0%) -- 0.0002 544/875 (62.2%) <0.001
Delivery of posterior shoulder 262 179 (68.3%) 7/8 (87.5%) 28/32 (87.5%) 55/73 (75.3%) 40/45 (88.9%) 21/21 (100.0%) 0.4642 151/179 (84.4%) Referrant
Rubin maneuver 86 50 (58.1%) 4/6 (66.7%) 4/5 (80.0%) 16/27 (59.3%) 9/12 (75.0%) -- 0.7760 33/50 (66.0%) <0.005
Woods corkscrew 315 221 (70.2%) 14/19 (73.7%) 27/34 (79.4%) 78/114 (68.4%) 35/49 (71.4%) 5/5 (100.0%) 0.7031 159/221 (72.0%) <0.005
Rate of Injury with Attempted Maneuver
Maneuver N with order documented First Second Third Fourth Fifth+ P-value' Overall
McRoberts 1679 1123(66.9%) 51/918 (5.6%) 15/186 (8.1%) 2/19 (10.5%) -- -- 0.15 68/1123 (6.1%) 0.25
Suprapubic pressure 1386 875(63.1%) 6/116 (5.17%) 39/635 (6.1%) 10/116 (8.6%) 1/8 (12.5%) -- 0.26 56/875 (6.4%) 0.34
Delivery of posterior shoulder 262 179(68.3%) 0/8 (0.0%) 0/32 (0.0%) 2/73 (2.7%) 8/45 (17.78%) 5/21 (23.8%) <.0001 15/179 (8.4%) Referrant
Rubin maneuver 86 50(58.1%) 0/6 (0.0%) 0/5 (0.0%) 5/27 (18.5%) 2/12 (16.7%) -- 0.27 7/50 (14.0%) 0.23
Woods corkscrew 315 221(70.2%) 0/19 (0.0%) 0/34 (0.0%) 13/114 (11.4%) 7/49 (14.3%) 1/5 (20.0%) 0.01 21/221 (9.5%) 0.7

"Conchran-Amitage for trend" Delivery of Posterior Shoulder used as referent