Sklar Thierry Obstetrical Forceps, 15.5 In
A 15.5 inch obstetrical forceps used by obstetricians to guide and assist delivery of the fetal head during an assisted vaginal birth.
The Sklar Thierry Obstetrical Forceps is a long pattern instrument used in obstetrics when an assisted vaginal delivery requires additional reach to seat the blades correctly around the fetal head. At fifteen and a half inches overall, it provides the length and leverage needed for controlled traction while keeping the obstetrician's hands at a safe working distance from the delivery field.
Instruments of this kind are kept on labour and delivery units and used specifically by trained obstetricians in situations where maternal effort alone is not progressing the second stage of labour, or where fetal wellbeing calls for a faster, assisted delivery. Its use requires dedicated training given the direct clinical consequences of forceps application.
As a reusable surgical instrument, it undergoes the maternity unit's full decontamination and steam sterilization cycle between deliveries. Hospitals offering a complete obstetric service typically stock several forceps patterns and lengths, of which this Thierry pattern is one option.
