title: Brachial plexus injury complicating the labor: mother is the victim at this time.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Postpartum nerve injuries are rare complications of labor and the lower extremity peripheral nerves are the frequently affected ones. In this case report, we are presenting a patient who developed brachial plexus injury after a forceful vaginal delivery.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient is a 28-year-old woman with right upper extremity pain, numbness and weakness, whose symptoms started just after labor. According to the clinical evaluation, electrodiagnostic study and magnetic resonance imaging, it was diagnosed as the brachial plexus injury.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that similar to the ones seen after some surgeries, brachial plexus may be injured also during delivery and the labor positions should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Bezmialem Vakif University , İstanbul , Turkey .
authors.forename: Nihal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozaras
authors.forename: Onder
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ergin
authors.forename: Saliha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eroglu Demir
authors.forename: Mustafa Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sariyildiz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy
keywords: Brachial plexopathy; labor; peripheral nerve injury; postpartum