Research recommendation(s) from an individual piece of guidance Guidance: Insertion of a balloon device to disimpact an engaged fetal head before an emergency caesarean section Date issued: 27 March 2015 Research recommendations coming out of this guidance Further research and data collection for inserting a balloon device to disimpact an engaged fetal head before an emergency caesarean section should report the impact of performing the procedure on the time taken from the decision to perform a caesarean section to delivery of the baby. Technical failures, including the need for repositioning of the device and for subsequent manual disimpaction of the fetal head; and any complications resulting from use of the procedure should be recorded. Fetal outcomes should also be reported. NICE may update the guidance on publication of further evidence.