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    Introduction

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) prepared this interventional procedure overview to help members of the interventional procedures advisory committee (IPAC) make recommendations about the safety and efficacy of an interventional procedure. It is based on a rapid review of the medical literature and professional opinion. It should not be regarded as a definitive assessment of the procedure.

    Date prepared

    This overview was prepared in February 2022.

    Procedure name

    • Balloon disimpaction of the baby's head at emergency caesarean

    Professional societies

    • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

    • The Royal College of Midwives

    • Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (neonatology)

    • British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society.