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PASSAGE : Birth
passage – 3 sections of “true pelvis”
– inlet, pelvic cavity (midpelvis), & outlet. Four classifications : gynecoid
, android, anthropoid, &
platypelloid.
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See Table 15-2: Implications
of Pelvic Type for Labor & Birth p 310
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The Caldwell-Moloy (1933)
classification of pelvises is widely used to differentiate bony pelvis types.
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See Figure 15-1 , p 311
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Gynecoid is most common,
with diameters favorable to vaginal delivery.
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