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High Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Neonates Delivered With Forceps: Report of 15 Cases

1995; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 86; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0029-7844(95)00213-b

1873-233X

S MENTICOGLOU,

Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations

To inform obstetricians of a serious complication of forceps rotations of 90 degrees or more--high cervical spinal cord injury in neonates.We reviewed the obstetric aspects of 15 cases of high cervical spinal cord birth injury diagnosed during 1982-1994 at two tertiary-care children's hospitals in Canada.The common feature in all cases was a forceps cephalic delivery, almost always a rotation of 90 degrees or more from the occipitoposterior or occipitotransverse position.High cervical spinal cord injury in neonates is a rare but specific complication of forceps rotation.