The Vanderbilt Amnihook Infant Injury Case and the Risks of Injury with Induced Labor
Every type of medical procedure comes with its own benefits and risks and amniotomy, or artificially rupturing the amniotic sac surrounding a baby, is just one of them. Amniotomy is commonly used if a mother is overdue and her water hasn’t broken yet, to allow for fetal monitoring, or to test the color of the amniotic fluid. If amniotomy is…