Obstetric brachial plexus palsy: A birth injury not explained by the known risk factors

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1027-1032

  Backe, Bjørn ^a,b   Magnussen, Elisabeth Balstad ^b   Johansen, Ole Jakob ^b   Sellaeg, Gerd ^b   Russwurm, Harald ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Obstetric brachial plexus injury; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH INJURY; BODY MASS; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FOLLOW UP; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MACROSOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORWAY; PARALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 53849097694     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802415648     Document Type: Article

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