Internal manual rotation in intrapartal arrest of fetal head engagement.

Objective: The success of internal manual or digital rotation of the head in mechanical dystocia due to malpresentation, malposition or malrotation is presented in this paper on our own clinical material with reference of today's research and clinical recommendations.

Study Design: Through a retrospective bicentric clinical study, we investigated the success of internal head rotation in two University Clinics for gynecology and obstetrics from year 2017 to 2023. In 152 singleton term (37-42 weeks) in cases of persistens intrapartum arrest of the fetal head.