"Management of Retained Placenta With the Windmill Technique of Umbilical Cord Traction"

The so-called windmill technique of placenta development for the management of the retained placenta involves the application of a continuous 360-degree umbilical traction force with centripetal rotation in such a way that it runs at the level of the introitus perpendicular to the direction of the birth canal. This rotation around a 360-degree traction plane is repeated slowly and continuously with a motion that resembles the motion of the wings of a windmill until the placenta can be safely delivered.

The so-called windmill technique of placenta development for the management of the retained placenta involves the application of a continuous 360-degree umbilical traction force with centripetal rotation in such a way that it runs at the level of the introitus perpendicular to the direction of the birth canal. This rotation around a 360-degree traction plane is repeated slowly and continuously with a motion that resembles the motion of the wings of a windmill until the placenta can be safely delivered.