Sabat Dhananjaya, Maini Lalit, Gautam V K
Department of Orthopaedics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Smt SK Hospital, New Delhi, India.
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2011 Dec;19(3):376-8. doi: 10.1177/230949901101900325.
We report a rare injury of distal humeral epiphyseal separation in a newborn during a Caesarean section. The diagnosis was made using magnetic resonance imaging. Emergency Caesarean deliveries with considerable traction applied to extract the baby can be the risk factor of such an injury.