Baudelocque, Jean-Louis

(bō-dĕ-lok′)

Fr. obstetrician, 1745-1810.

Baudelocque diameter

The distance between the depression beneath the last lumbar vertebra and the margin of the symphysis pubis; the external conjugate diameter of the pelvis.
SYN: SEE: Baudelocque line

Baudelocque line

SEE: Baudelocque diameter.

Baudelocque method

In obstetrics, manipulation to convert a fetal face presentation into a vertex presentation.