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[Obstetric trauma. A current problem?].

G Barrientos·P Cervera·J Navascués·R Sánchez·R Romero·V Pérez-Sheriff·J Cerdá·J Soleto·J Vázquez
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Advances in obstetric practice have decreased birth traumas in the last years, although they are still an important chapter in neonatal age. Between 1993-1998 a total of 21,375 stillborns were registered with a total of 309 birth injuries in 303 neonates (1.44%). The diagnoses were: 2 liver subcapsular hematomas, 105 cephalohematomas, 16 parietal fractures, 11 subdural hemorrhages, 107 clavicular fractures, 10 miscellaneous fractures, 8 soft tissue injuries, 25 facial nerve injuries and 25 braquial palsy. About relation between type of labor and birth trauma was found that clavicular fracture and cephalic vaginal delivery were associated in 50% of the cases, cephalohematoma and forceps in 51%, braquial palsy and vaginal delivery in 44% and forceps in 36%. High weight at birth was another risk factor for entities such as clavicular fracture and braquial palsy. We conclude that birth trauma is a pathology with a relevant incidence and their epidemiology factor had to be known.

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G Barrientos, P Cervera, J Navascués, R Sánchez, R Romero, V Pérez-Sheriff, J Cerdá, J Soleto, J Vázquez. 2000. [Obstetric trauma. A current problem?].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12601950/

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