title: Birth-related injury to the head and cervical spine in neonates.
abstract: Birth-related injury is defined as any traumatic or ischemic event sustained during the process of delivery. Perinatally acquired disease processes secondary to birth-related injury can be traumatic or ischemic in nature. In this article, the authors focus on traumatic/mechanical injuries. Other diseases of the perinatal time period, including germinal matrix hemorrhages and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, are beyond the objective of this review.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. atekes1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tekes
authors.forename: Pedro S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Thierry A G M
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Huisman
mesh_terms: D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology