Neonatal complications among 596 infants delivered by vacuum extraction (in relation to characteristics of the extraction).

Objective: To investigate the association between complicated vacuum extraction (VE) deliveries and neonatal complications.

Methods: Observational study including data on the management of 596 consecutive VE-deliveries at 6 different birth clinics in Sweden in 2013. We used logistic regression to examine the association between a complicated VE and: extracranial bleeding, severe neonatal complication (intracranial hemorrhage and/or asphyxia/low Apgar score and/or convulsions, and/or encephalopathy), and brachial plexus injury.