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Case Reports
. 1993 Feb;48(2):139-40.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb06853.x.

Subcutaneous emphysema in labour

Y Jayran-Nejad  1
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Subcutaneous emphysema in labour

Y Jayran-Nejad. Anaesthesia. 1993 Feb.
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Abstract

Spontaneous subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema is a rare but potentially dangerous complication of labour. The condition was observed in an 18-year-old primigravida in the first stage of labour, who subsequently required Caesarean section which was performed under epidural anaesthesia.

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