Risk factors for neonatal brachial plexus paralysis

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-336

  Okby, Rania ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal macrosomia; Neonatal brachial plexus paralysis; Shoulder dystocia; Vacuum extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BREECH EXTRACTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BREECH PRESENTATION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; PARALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864445844     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2272-z     Document Type: Article

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