Open AccessForearm gangrene following distraction injury at elbow in a neonate
Author(s) -
Biswajit Sahu,
Ranajit Panigrahi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.83136
Subject(s) - medicine , forearm , elbow , gangrene , distraction , surgery , etiology , crush injury , upper limb , pathology , neuroscience , biology
Gangrene of limbs in newborn is extremely rare. A number of aetiological factors may account for such type of situation. We describe herewith a case of gangrene of forearm in newborn following distraction injury to the physis of elbow and vessels of forearm by excessive pull on upper limb during difficult delivery.