TY - JOUR T1 - Acute otitis media after forceps delivery JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health SP - 809 LP - 809 DO - 10.1136/jech.2005.034702 VL - 59 IS - 9 AU - S Verd Y1 - 2005/09/01 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/59/9/809.1.abstract N2 - While running an ambulatory paediatric clinic, the mother of a crying baby wondered whether forceps delivered babies were more prone to otitis than other babies. To our knowledge, this association has not been reported. But, on the other hand, facial nerve injury is more common among those delivered by forceps1; it is caused by compression of diploic bone of the mastoid process where the facial nerve is located superficially.2 It is clear that this kind of … ER -