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Re: Nerve injury during delivery causing drop-foot Anyone?

From: William D. McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:20:04 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Celeste wrote: >
>During my first vaginal delivery my baby pressed on a nerve in my pelvis
>causing damage to it. It resulted in a condition called "drop-foot". I
>couldn't flex my foot upward and it would dangle when I held it up. The
>condition resolved after about a month. I had one other vaginal
>delivery after this and I had a little bit of numbness in my leg and
>foot but no loss of movement. Has anyone ever experienced this? To the
>docs-- Has this ever happened to any of your patients? I'm pregnant
>again and still concerned.

I have seen this once before, with spontaneous resolution by 6 weeks postpartum, and I am unaware of any recurrence.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG Clarksville, TN

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