Maternal obesity and shoulder dystocia: a retrospective cohort analysis of 13,083 deliveries

Objective: Studies show, that the strongest predictors of shoulder dystocia are related to fetal macrosomia. Maternal obesity, high maternal weight gain and diabetes are also risk factors on shoulder dystocia in spontaneous deliveries. This study examined the rate of shoulder dystocia of different BMI groups in deliveries occurred at the Obstetrical department of the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein/Luebeck. Materials and methods: The factor “shoulder dystocia” was searched for in a retrospective cohort analysis of n = 13,083 deliveries supervised between 01.01.2000 and 31.12.2011 at the Obstetrical depart…