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Re: Coccyx fractures From: Bernard Cristalli (bcrist@club-internet.fr) Tue Jun 2 14:14:32 1998 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Bernard Cristalli: "Re: Exteriorization of Uterus at C/S" Previous message: Karen J. Bacon, RNC, WHNP: "Re: OB Abbreviations" Maybe in reply to: Jane Helwig, MD: "Coccyx fractures" Next in thread: Tim and Jude Kurokawa: "Re: Coccyx fractures" Jane Helwig, MD wrote: > > Yesterday a new OB patient transferred in. After her first delivery > (spontaneous vaginal delivery, 8lb 1oz, no forceps) somewhere else, she > had severe coccygeal pain for months, which is sometimes still present. > She never got x-ray or ortho evaluation at the time, says her doctor > told her he'd never heard of coccyx fracture after SVD. > > She is concerned about the same thing happening with her second > delivery. The doctor who saw her earlier in this pregnancy (not the one > who did the first delivery) told her it was likely to happen again. > > Does anyone have ideas on minimizing this patient's risk for recurrent > coccyx fracture/pain? She really doesn't want a c/s. > -- I've seen it two or three times in SVD. The only way you can try to minimize the risk is to avoid a big baby and perhaps to favour head flexion (vacuum?). IMHO -- Bernard Cristalli MD CNGOF AIHP - ACCA Paris - France http://www.obgyn.net/corresp/cristalli.htm Next message: Bernard Cristalli: "Re: Exteriorization of Uterus at C/S" Previous message: Karen J. Bacon, RNC, WHNP: "Re: OB Abbreviations" Maybe in reply to: Jane Helwig, MD: "Coccyx fractures" Next in thread: Tim and Jude Kurokawa: "Re: Coccyx fractures"

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