Rib fractures with heamothorax after labor: a case report.
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.
Kouritas
Vasileios K
VK
Deptartment of Surgery, Larissa University Hospital, Mezourlo 41 110, PO Box 1425, Greece. vasileios@doctors.org.uk
Baloyiannis
Ioannis
I
Desimonas
Nikolaos
N
Daponte
Alexandros
A
Kouvaraki
Maria
M
Hatzitheofilou
Kostas
K