[The development of Obstetrics at the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna, Medical School, during the last 20 years (author's transl)].

Including the deliveries in 1956, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976 the development of obstetrics at the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna, Medical School, is shown. The frequency of vaginal operative deliveries was reduced, the indicence of ceasarean sections increased from 1.6 to 6.9%. In premature newborns it was possible to gain a higher birthweight, perinatal and postpartum mortality fell from 4.4 to 2.8% and from 3.3 to 1.5% respectively. The connections between these positive results and the new methods and possibilities introduced at the department are discussed.