Fetal Pillow
A Cesarean Section performed in the second stage of labor affects around 4% of all births, and carries an increased risk of trauma for both the mother and her baby. Intra-operative complications account for the majority of morbidity and often occur as a result of the increased manipulation required to deliver a deeply impacted fetal head.
The Fetal Pillow raises the fetal head making an often difficult cesarean delivery significantly easier. The use of the Fetal Pillow reduces grade 2 and 3 uterine extensions by 77% (Seal RCT 2016).
Simple
Fetal Pillow® is very simple to use, it is inserted during patient preparation and does not delay starting the procedure.
Safe
Fetal Pillow® enables a gentle and controlled elevation of the deeply impacted head. It is designed to ensure safer and easier delivery, which helps to reduce trauma to both mother and baby.
Effective
Fetal Pillow® reduces intra-partum and post-partum complications due to a significant decrease in uterine extensions. There is also a significant reduction in blood loss, blood transfusions, operating time and length of stay.
Clinical Evidence
Fetal Pillow is intended to elevate a deeply impacted fetal head and facilitate delivery of the fetus in women requiring a Cesarean Section at full dilation or those requiring a Cesarean Section after a failed instrumental vaginal delivery.
Fetal Pillow is indicated for use at a gestational age ≥37 weeks.
Randomized Controlled Trials
Seal RCT 2016: Highlights significant reduction in uterine extension tears, PPH, operating time & length of stay.
Brigham and Women’s RCT 2020: 97% of physicians would recommend Fetal Pillow use in a Full Dilation CS.
Fetal Pillow® vs. Hand From Below Study
Case Controlled Study
Prospective study of 50 Fetal Pillow cases compared with historical controls of 124 women.
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Published Studies
- Randomized controlled trial of elevation of the fetal head with a fetal pillow during cesarean delivery at full cervical dilatation
- Comparison of maternal and neonatal outcomes from full-dilatation cesarean deliveries using the Fetal Pillow or hand-push method
- Does elevating the fetal head prior to delivery using a fetal pillow reduce maternal and fetal complications in a full dilatation caesarean section? A prospective study with historical controls
Congress Abstracts
- Prospective study evaluating the role of fetal pillow in caesareans section at full dilatation in reducing maternal and fetal morbidity
- P.LD.62 Evaluation of the use of Fetal Pillow at full dilatation caesarean section
- 0197 Re-audit of the fetal pillow (FP): a novel intervention to reduce maternal and fetal complications at caesarean section at full dilation (CSFD)
- EP10.122 The use of the fetal pillow to deliver the fetal head at caesarean section at full dilatation
- EP10.131Elevating fetal head prior to performing a caesarean section at full dilation using fetal pillow:a prospective randomised trial
- PL.46 Initial experience with the fetal pillow in South West Essex and comparison with historical cohort of 2nd stage caesarean sections
- O737 Reducing complications related to Caesarean section (CS) in second stage: UK
Congress Posters
- Fetal pillow- caesarean section at full dilatation made easy
- Contemporary adoption of new devices in Obstetrics: a case study of the Fetal Pillow
- The Introduction of the Fetal Pillow (FP) in our Department: A Novel Device to Reduce Maternal and Fetal Morbidity in Caesarean Sections at Full Dilatation (CSFD)