Table 5 Important outcomes for obstetricians (N = 10)

Infant outcomes

Fetal Trauma/ Damage to the baby

5 (50)

Safety of the baby

4 (40)

NICU for 48 h/Special care

4 (40)

Neonatal Mortality

3 (30)

Fractured Skull

3 (30)

Ease of delivery of baby’s head

2 (20)

Scalp Injury/Bruising

2 (20)

Hypoxia

2 (20)

Cord gases

2 (20)

APGAR score

2 (20)

PHs

1 (10)

Bleeding

1 (10)

Acidosis

1 (10)

Ventilatory support

1 (10)

Maternal outcomes

Blood loss/postpartum haemorrhage

8 (80)

Uterine tear

3 (30)

Extension to the uterine incision

2 (20)

Speed of recovery and discharge

2 (20)

Mother’s experience

2 (20)

Safety of the mother

1 (10)

Physical trauma to other structures

1 (10)

Mother needing surgical repair

1 (10)

Atonia

1 (10)

Tying off ureters

1 (10)

Angle tears

1 (10)

Hysterectomy

1 (10)

Infection

1 (10)

Clinical staff

How comfortable staff feel to use technique

2 (10)

Stress on Staff

1 (10)

How difficult it is to teach

1 (10)

Clinical outcomes

Surgical/operating time

4 (40)

Cost

2 (20)

Methodological confounders

Who deviates from the protocol and why

1 (10)