title: Unilateral femoral fracture in a low birth weight infant: a case report.
abstract: Femoral fractures due to birth trauma are an extremely rare but important birth injury. While vaginal breech delivery, although rare, can cause femur fracture, abdominal breech delivery is not expected to cause fracture. Here we report on a low birth weight infant who was delivered by cesarean section for breech presentation at 30 1/7 weeks of gestation and sustained a unilateral fracture of the femoral shaft.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University Gumi Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Young Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyo Sang
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jae Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sang
mesh_terms: D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001724:Birth Weight; D001946:Breech Presentation / Q000175:diagnosis; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017102:Fracture Healing; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D011247:Pregnancy; D016896:Treatment Outcome