Shoulder dystocia
E Cosmi, RM Savino, P Fais, G Monegato, F Gerace, A Zambon · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2008 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
Shoulder dystocia is an obstetric urgency which requires a fast and effective handling. Resulting brachial plexus lesions, hypoxic states and deceases derived from a shoulder dystocia are often the subject of forensic medicine disputes contexting the Obstetric who doesn't perform the caesarean section.Brachial plexus lesions mechanism is directly correlated with untimely and excessive tractions performed to resolve a shoulder dystocia.These tractions lower the thorax towards the pelvis and thus the thoracic cone while descending, it increases the bisacromial diameter. Neonatal morbidity is represented by Erb's p…