This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Letters to the Editor: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Letters to the Editor are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Snedecor, S. T.
Right arrow Articles by Wilson, H. B.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Snedecor, S. T.
Right arrow Articles by Wilson, H. B.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1949;31:378-384.
© 1949 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

SOME OBSTETRICAL INJURIES TO THE LONG BONES

Spencer T. Snedecor M.D.1 and Harrison B. Wilson M.D.1

1 HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY

1. Injuries to the long bones are relatively common complications of breech deliveries, especially in babies born to primiparas, and can be recognized as a definite entity.

2. Roentgenographic evidence of calcification in the hemorrhage is found oti the fifth to seventh day.

3. These injuries follow a pattern of epiphyseal separation, periosteal stripping, and a combination of both.

4. According to the authors' concept, the mechanism of such injuries may be decreased by the use of less force, if possible, and by careful turning of the lower extremities to follow the rotation of the body during extraction.

5. The prognosis is relatively good for spontaneous recovery without specific treatment in most instances, but permanent epiphyseal growth changes may take place occasionally.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JBJSHome page
K. Ogawa, S. Yamazaki, S. Kobayashi, and H. Ikegami
Correction of Rotational Deformity Following Proximal Humeral Epiphysiolysis in a Newborn. A Case Report with Twenty-Year Follow-Up
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., March 1, 2006; 88(3): 622 - 626.
[Full Text] [PDF]