FACIAL PARALYSIS COMPLICATING SPLINTAGE FOR CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP IN THE NEWBORN

1 November 1969

journal article
Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

Vol. 51-B (4) , 714-715
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.51b4.714

Abstract

1. Four cases of facial paralysis from the incorrect use of Von Rosen or Barlow type splints are described. 2. Attention is drawn to the subcutaneous and therefore vulnerable position of the facial nerve in the newborn.

Keywords

DISLOCATION
HIP
CONGENITAL
PARALYSIS
FACIAL
VON
ROSEN
BARLOW
SPLINTAGE
DESCRIBED.2

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