RT Book, Section
A1 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 57715235
T1 Chapter 137. Symphysiotomy
T2 Emergency Medicine Procedures, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-161352-1
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57715235
RD 2024/04/20
AB Symphysiotomy  is  the  artificial  division  and  separation  of  the  pubic  symphysis  in  order  to  facilitate  vaginal  delivery.  This  is  not  to  be  confused  with  a  pubiotomy,  or  the  severance  of  the  pubic  bone  a  few  centimeters  lateral  to  the  symphysis,  for  the  same  purpose.  First  performed  in  the  seventeenth  century,  it  is  indicated  in  cases  of  cephalopelvic  disproportion  and  may  be  a  life-saving  alternative  to  cesarean  delivery.1  The  reported  success  rate  of  this  procedure  is  approximately  80%  when  performed  appropriately.2