Bilateral femoral fractures during birth, in a neonate with malformation complex with stiffness

Abstract

Abstract Fetuses with prenatal diagnosis of reduced mobility and malformation are at increased risk to sustain neonatal femoral fractures. Labor difficulties even after an elective cesarean section may trigger the fractures of the long bones.

Keywords

• femoral fractures
• malformation complex
• multiple congenital contractures
• neonatal