Cesarean Section and Right Femur Fracture: A Rare but Possible Complication for Breech Presentation

Background. The breech extraction of the fetus through the vagina has a greater risk of hip fracture compared with the extraction by abdominal route. Case. A 2390 g female infant was delivered at 39 weeks by elective cesarean section for breech presentation. The newborn sustained a fracture of the r...

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Autores principales: Capobianco, Giampiero, Virdis, Giuseppe, Lisai, Pietro, Cherchi, Claudio, Biasetti, Ornella, Dessole, Francesco, Meloni, Giovanni Battista
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/613709
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author Capobianco, Giampiero
Virdis, Giuseppe
Lisai, Pietro
Cherchi, Claudio
Biasetti, Ornella
Dessole, Francesco
Meloni, Giovanni Battista
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Virdis, Giuseppe
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Cherchi, Claudio
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Meloni, Giovanni Battista
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description Background. The breech extraction of the fetus through the vagina has a greater risk of hip fracture compared with the extraction by abdominal route. Case. A 2390 g female infant was delivered at 39 weeks by elective cesarean section for breech presentation. The newborn sustained a fracture of the right femur. A simple immobilization of the limb in extension led to a complete healing of the fracture without sequelae. Conclusion. Caesarean delivery reduces the risk of causing a traumatic injury of the newborn compared to vaginal delivery, especially with breech presentation but does not eliminate this possible accidental complication.
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spelling pubmed-36067592013-03-26 Cesarean Section and Right Femur Fracture: A Rare but Possible Complication for Breech Presentation Capobianco, Giampiero Virdis, Giuseppe Lisai, Pietro Cherchi, Claudio Biasetti, Ornella Dessole, Francesco Meloni, Giovanni Battista Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Background. The breech extraction of the fetus through the vagina has a greater risk of hip fracture compared with the extraction by abdominal route. Case. A 2390 g female infant was delivered at 39 weeks by elective cesarean section for breech presentation. The newborn sustained a fracture of the right femur. A simple immobilization of the limb in extension led to a complete healing of the fracture without sequelae. Conclusion. Caesarean delivery reduces the risk of causing a traumatic injury of the newborn compared to vaginal delivery, especially with breech presentation but does not eliminate this possible accidental complication. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3606759/ /pubmed/23533865 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/613709 Text en Copyright © 2013 Giampiero Capobianco et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Capobianco, Giampiero
Virdis, Giuseppe
Lisai, Pietro
Cherchi, Claudio
Biasetti, Ornella
Dessole, Francesco
Meloni, Giovanni Battista
Cesarean Section and Right Femur Fracture: A Rare but Possible Complication for Breech Presentation
title Cesarean Section and Right Femur Fracture: A Rare but Possible Complication for Breech Presentation
title_full Cesarean Section and Right Femur Fracture: A Rare but Possible Complication for Breech Presentation
title_fullStr Cesarean Section and Right Femur Fracture: A Rare but Possible Complication for Breech Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Cesarean Section and Right Femur Fracture: A Rare but Possible Complication for Breech Presentation
title_short Cesarean Section and Right Femur Fracture: A Rare but Possible Complication for Breech Presentation
title_sort cesarean section and right femur fracture: a rare but possible complication for breech presentation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/613709
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