One rare but serious possible complication during birth is shoulder dystocia. This happens during natural birth when the baby's head is delivered, but the rest of the body is stuck. More specifically, ...

Contemporary management of shoulder dystocia requires a calm operator and a well-thought-out plan of action. It is imperative that if not already present, help is summoned immediately after shoulder ...

Induction of labor may be advised with suspected macrosomia. Fetal macrosomia is associated with an increased risk of neonatal and maternal complications. The primary outcome was a composite of ...

Medical record ICD-9 codes and a computerized perinatal database were reviewed to identify cases of shoulder dystocia from January 1996 to January 2001 in a tertiary care center. For confirmation of ...

Our aim was to identify factors associated with shoulder dystocia following an attempted operative vaginal delivery (aOVD) in a prospective cohort study and to evaluate whether these factors can be ...

Real Housewives of Orange County alum Kara Keough, 31, and her husband Kyle Bosworth were all set to welcome their new son McCoy into the world on April 6 when things went terribly wrong during the ...

Shoulder Dystocia is a nothing but a deformity or injury that is caused to brachial plexus; simply called as the ERB's Palsy. ERB'S palsy or Erb Duchenne palsy is a form of obstetric brachial plexus ...

Reality TV fans already know that Real Housewives of Orange County star Kara Keough and husband Kyle Bosworth have been expecting their second child any day now, and now, she's shared that she's given ...

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Women's Health. 2010;6(6):861-869. © 2010 Future Medicine Ltd. Shoulder dystocia is an uncommon and usually unpredictable event. Maternal diabetes, macrosomia ...