title: Rib fractures with heamothorax after labor: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Maternal thoracic trauma during labor is extremely rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  A woman was presented at the Accident and Emergency Department complaining of pain over the lower thorax bilaterally which started after a difficult delivery when the obstetrician forced her lower thorax. Small right-sided haemothorax and rib fractures bilaterally were diagnosed and she was admitted to hospital. Her in-hospital stay and follow up was uneventful.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Maneuvers during labor should be applied from trained personnel and should be performed safely.
authors.affiliation: Deptartment of Surgery, Larissa University Hospital, Mezourlo 41 110, PO Box 1425, Greece. vasileios@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Vasileios K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kouritas
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baloyiannis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Desimonas
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daponte
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kouvaraki
authors.forename: Kostas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatzitheofilou