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Intrauterine rectovaginal tear during a manual attempt to rotate a neonate
1Department of Plastic Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom. sammyalbenna@doctors.org.uk
Intrauterine rectovaginal tears in neonates are a rare and life-threatening complication of abnormal presentation during labor. Two previous cases have been presented in the literature, of which one had a fatal outcome. The authors present a third case of a severe rectovaginal intrauterine tear that had a favorable outcome.
Intrauterine rectovaginal tears in neonates are a rare and life-threatening complication of abnormal presentation during labor. Two previous cases have been presented in the literature, of which one had a fatal outcome. The authors present a third case of a severe rectovaginal intrauterine tear that had a favorable outcome.
