Comparison of maternal and infant outcomes between vacuum extraction and forceps deliveries.

Objective: To analyze the instrumental deliveries carried out at the Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the year 2000 and compare the outcome of ventouse and forceps deliveries.

Methods: A retrospective case note review of all instrumental deliveries, carried out at the Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, during the year 2000.

Results: Three hundred and four vaginal deliveries, of whom 258 were ventouse and 46 were forceps deliveries, were assisted.