Disruption of the symphysis pubis during vaginal delivery: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1746-1748

  Kowalk, David L ^a   Perdue, Philip S ^a   Bourgeois, F John ^a   Whitehill, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0030449051     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199611000-00017     Document Type: Article

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