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Biswajit Sahu1, Ranajit Panigrahi
1Department of Orthopedics, S. C. B. Medical College, Cuttack, India.
Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
|September 3, 2011
Abstract:
Gangrene of limbs in newborn is extremely rare. A number of aetiological factors may account for such type of situation. We describe herewith a case of gangrene of forearm in newborn following distraction injury to the physis of elbow and vessels of forearm by excessive pull on upper limb during difficult delivery.
