Open AccessObstetric palsy n. реrоnеі. Whitman (Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Chicago, 1922)
Author(s) -
M. Friedland
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj78717
Subject(s) - medicine , fetal head , pelvis , obstetrics and gynaecology , forceps , gynecology , obstetrics , general surgery , surgery , pregnancy , fetus , genetics , biology
In discussing this rare phenomenon, the author considers it the result of compression of the intrapelvic segment of the sciatic nerve by a large fetal head in a narrow pelvis or traumatization with forceps.