July 1, 1998American Journal of Perinatology

Lower Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury-A Severe Complication of Shoulder Dystocia

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Population

1 newborn delivered to a 28-year-old nulliparous woman experiencing shoulder dystocia

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

Day 2 of life

Authors

GHGary HankinsThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to possible spinal cord injury risk with fundal pressure in shoulder dystocia; single case leaves open causality and incidence.

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Population

1 newborn delivered to a 28-year-old nulliparous woman experiencing shoulder dystocia

Intervention

Fundal pressure applied during manual maneuvers for shoulder dystocia

Outcome

Lower thoracic spinal cord injurysafety

Fundal pressure applied during shoulder dystocia can result in severe compressive forces leading to permanent lower thoracic spinal cord injury in the newborn.

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Gary Hankins (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9716c696bab72bf50e58b0 https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-993972

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to possible spinal cord injury risk with fundal pressure in shoulder dystocia; single case leaves open causality and incidence.

Lower Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury-A Severe Complication of Shoulder Dystocia

Discussion

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Implication

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Lower Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury-A Severe Complication of Shoulder Dystocia

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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