Forearm gangrene following distraction injury at elbow in a neonate

Gangrene of limbs in newborn is extremely rare. A number of aetiological factors may account for such type of situation. We describe herewith a case of gangrene of forearm in newborn following distraction injury to the physis of elbow and vessels of forearm by excessive pull on upper limb during dif...

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Autores principales: Sahu, Biswajit, Panigrahi, Ranajit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21886935
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.83136
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description Gangrene of limbs in newborn is extremely rare. A number of aetiological factors may account for such type of situation. We describe herewith a case of gangrene of forearm in newborn following distraction injury to the physis of elbow and vessels of forearm by excessive pull on upper limb during difficult delivery.
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spelling pubmed-31626902011-09-01 Forearm gangrene following distraction injury at elbow in a neonate Sahu, Biswajit Panigrahi, Ranajit Indian J Orthop Case Report Gangrene of limbs in newborn is extremely rare. A number of aetiological factors may account for such type of situation. We describe herewith a case of gangrene of forearm in newborn following distraction injury to the physis of elbow and vessels of forearm by excessive pull on upper limb during difficult delivery. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3162690/ /pubmed/21886935 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.83136 Text en © Indian Journal of Orthopaedics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Forearm gangrene following distraction injury at elbow in a neonate
title_full Forearm gangrene following distraction injury at elbow in a neonate
title_fullStr Forearm gangrene following distraction injury at elbow in a neonate
title_full_unstemmed Forearm gangrene following distraction injury at elbow in a neonate
title_short Forearm gangrene following distraction injury at elbow in a neonate
title_sort forearm gangrene following distraction injury at elbow in a neonate
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162690/
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