Sklar Sellheim Obstetrical Lever, 11 Inch
An 11 inch obstetrical lever used by the delivering clinician to guide and assist the fetal head during complicated vaginal deliveries.
The Sklar Sellheim Obstetrical Lever is a specialised instrument used in obstetrics to assist delivery when the fetal head needs gentle guidance through the birth canal. At eleven inches, it gives the obstetrician enough length and leverage to apply controlled traction and rotation without the hand needing to be close to the delivery field.
Instruments of this kind are kept on labour and delivery units and in obstetric emergency trolleys for use in assisted vaginal deliveries where standard manoeuvres alone are not sufficient. It is used by obstetricians and, in some settings, experienced midwives working under obstetric supervision, and its use requires specific training given the direct contact with the fetal head.
As a reusable surgical instrument, it is fully cleaned, inspected and steam sterilized between deliveries following the maternity unit's standard reprocessing protocol. Hospitals offering a full labour and delivery service typically keep this instrument as part of their difficult delivery equipment set.
