title: Postpartum obturator neurapraxia. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obturator nerve injury is a rare complication of vaginal delivery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Postpartum obturator neurapraxia was clinically diagnosed in a 22-year-old woman on the first postpartum day after a vaginal delivery. With physical therapy, the neurologic symptoms resolved by the third postpartum month.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Maternal nerve injuries are uncommon in obstetrics. The diagnosis of obturator neurapraxia is usually made clinically. The symptoms will resolve with conservative physical therapy alone in the majority of cases.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Neurology and Anesthesia, Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital, 100 Brewster Boulevard, Jacksonville, NC 28547, USA. dmhaas@nhcl.med.navy.mil
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Meadows
authors.forename: Ricky
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cottrell
authors.forename: Wanda J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009776:Obturator Nerve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011247:Pregnancy