RT Journal
A1 Allen JP, Myers GG, Condon VR
T1 LAceration of the spinal cord related to breech delivery
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1969
FD May 12
VO 208
IS 6
SP 1019
OP 1022
DO 10.1001/jama.1969.03160060089017
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160060089017
AB Three cases clearly demonstrate that spinal cord injuries associated with delivery have not vanished from medicine. Consideration should be given to spinal cord trauma after breech delivery in any stillborn, neonatal death, or paraplegic neonate. Myelography will often suggest the diagnosis of a spinal cord injury. The most frequent direct cause of spinal cord injury associated with delivery is excessive longitudinal traction applied to the fetus.