Injury of the Spinal Cord at Birth

Lbid berg, U., Hagberg, B., Olsson, Y. and Sourander, P. (Department of Paediatrics II and Institute of Pathology, University of Göteborg, and Institute of Pathology, University of Uppsala, Sweden), Injury of the spinal cord at birth. A report of two cases. Acta Paediatr Scand, 64:546, 1975.–Spinal cord injury may occur as a severe complication to delivery. In the vast majority of such cases the injury results from a traumatic breech delivery, but cases of injuries after cephalic presentation and fetal malposition have also been described. Two cases are reported. One of the infants died at the age of 8 months and neuropathologies! examination of the brain and spinal cord was performed. The other child, now 6 years old, is still alive. Incidence, mechanism of injury, clinical and morphological features, and treatment are briefly discussed.