The effects of abdominal decompression on pregnancy complicated by the small-for-dates fetus. Clinical and endocrinological aspects of dysmaturity and the use of intermittent abdominal decompression in pregnancy.
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Due to the methodological limitations of the studies, the effects of therapeutic abdominal decompression are not clear. The apparent improvements in birthweight and perinatal mortality warrant further evaluation of abdominal decompression where there is impaired fetal growth and possibly for women with pre-eclampsia.