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Table 3. Management and complications of cases of shoulder dystocia, Oman, 2010.

Characteristics Cases
(N = 111)
N (%)
Maneuvers of shoulder dystocia *
     LSCS 1 (1)
     Routine traction 57 (51)
     McRobert’s 33 (30)
     Suprapubic + McRoberts 10 (9)
     Posterior shoulder delivery 8 (7)
     All maneuvers 1 (1)
Complications due to dystocia
     Erb〉s palsy 17 (16)
     Birth asphyxia 2 (1)
     Stillbirth 3 (3)
Recovery of Erb〉s palsy
     Resolved 15 (14)
     Not resolved 2 (2)
     GDM among cases with Erb〉s
     palsy
8 (47)

* More than one manoeuvre may have been used in a case of SD.