Evolution of the human pelvis and obstructed labor: new explanations of an old obstetrical dilemma Review

Pavlicev, Mihaela, Romero, Roberto, Mitteroecker, Philipp. (2020). Evolution of the human pelvis and obstructed labor: new explanations of an old obstetrical dilemma . American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 222(1), 3-16. 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.06.043

Open Access International Collaboration

cited authors

  • Pavlicev, Mihaela; Romero, Roberto; Mitteroecker, Philipp

sustainable development goals

authors

publication date

  • January 1, 2020

published in

keywords

  • BIRTH-WEIGHT
  • BONY PELVIS
  • CESAREAN DELIVERY
  • CLIFF-EDGE MODEL
  • ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
  • GENETIC INFLUENCE
  • Homo erectus
  • INTERGENERATIONAL PREDISPOSITION
  • Life Sciences & Biomedicine
  • NATURAL-SELECTION
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM
  • Science & Technology
  • UNITED-STATES
  • arrest of descent
  • arrest of dilatation
  • bipedalism
  • cephalopelvic disproportion
  • cesarean delivery
  • cliff-edge model
  • encephalization
  • erectile dysfunction
  • evolution
  • failure to progress in labor
  • fecal incontinence
  • fetal head
  • fistula
  • mismatch
  • parturition
  • pelvic dimensions
  • pelvic dimorphism
  • pelvic floor disorder
  • pelvic inlet
  • prolapse
  • starvation during pregnancy
  • symphysis pubis
  • urinary incontinence
  • uterine prolapse
  • uterine rupture
  • vaginal prolapse

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start page

  • 3

end page

  • 16

volume

  • 222

issue

  • 1