OSCE ON CLINICAL PELVIMETRY

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1. Identify the parts of the bony pelvis

2. Identify the true and the false pelvis

3. Identify the shape of this pelvic inlet (i.e. gynecoid, android, anthropoid, platypelloid)

4. Measure the examining hand (in between the base of the thumb and the knuckle of the index finger);Define the diagonal, obstetric and true conjugate

5. Evaluate the pelvic inletüSacral promontory is/

not accessible

6. Evaluate the midpelvisüCheck the sacral

curvatureüMeasure the sacrosciatic

notch (2 fingerbreadths)üPalpate ischial spineüAssess the bispinous

diameterüAssess splay of sidewalls

7. Evaluate the pelvic outletüBring fist between

ischial tuberositiesüEstimate subpubic

angle (> or = 90 deg)üAssess mobility of

the coccyx

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