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Labor complicated by spontaneous emphysema
H Jensen1, I Asmussen, B Eliasen
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Y, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
Spontaneous subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema is a rare but potentially dangerous complication of delivery. The condition was observed in a 24-year-old, small and slightly-built primipara after vaginal delivery of a large infant.