Wigand-Martin-Winckel handle

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The Wigand-Martin-Winckel-Handle is an obstetric maneuver for the development of the child in breech position , if the following head does not enter the pelvis.

The middle finger of the midwife of the obstetrician is inserted into the child's mouth, the second and fourth fingers of the same hand are on the cheekbones . The head is bent and the arrow suture in the pelvic entrance is placed across. By pulling on the head and shoulders, the head is brought through the pelvic narrowing from above while the Kristeller handle is at the same time and then developed with the Veit Smellie handle .

The Wigand-Martin-Winckel handle is named after Justus Heinrich Wigand (1769–1817), August Eduard Martin (1847–1933) and Franz von Winckel (1837–1911). It is also known as the "three-man handle".

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  • Willibald Pschyrembel, Joachim W. Dudenhausen: Practical obstetrics. Walter de Gruyter Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-11-012881-0 , p 392-5