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Gynaecology & Obstetrics Fetal Skull and Maternal Pelvis edce2108

Most important diameter of pelvis during labour is:

A
Interspinous diameter of outlet
B
Oblique diameter of inlet
C
AP diameter of outlet
D
Intertubercular diameter
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is a, i.e. Interspinous diameter of the outletRef. Williams Obs. 24/e, p 33; Dutta Obs. 9/e, p 82Interspinous diameter is the distance between the two ischial spines and is the smallest diameter of the pelvis = 10 cm or slightly greater. It corresponds to the transverse diameter of midpelvis (i.e. plane of least pelvis dimensions).

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